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Ecdysteroids are
arthropod steroid hormones that are
mainly responsible for molting,
development and, to a
lesser extent, reproduction;
examples of ecdysteroids...
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naturally occurring ecdysteroid hormone which controls the
ecdysis (moulting) and
metamorphosis of arthropods...
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molting hormones (ecdysone and its homologues) are
generally called ecdysteroids.
Ecdysteroids act as
moulting hormones of
arthropods but also
occur in other...
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Cucurbitacins from
Iberis umbellata (globe candytuft) are
ecdysteroid antagonists,
acting on the
ecdysteroid receptor of insects.
Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607...
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Ecdysteroid-phosphate
Phosphatase is the
first structure of a
steroid phosphate phosphotase containing alpha beta
folds common to
members of the two histidine...
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Phytoecdysteroids are plant-derived
ecdysteroids.
Phytoecdysteroids are a
class of
chemicals that
plants synthesize for
defense against phytophagous (plant...
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Mamadalieva N,
Balducci C,
Girault JP,
Lafont R (2015). "The
minor ecdysteroids from
Ajuga turkestanica" (PDF).
Phytochemical Analysis. 26 (5): 293–300...
- and most
fossils are
thought to be of exuviae,
rather than cadavers.
Ecdysteroid John Ewer (2005). "How the
ecdysozoan changed its coat". PLOS Biology...
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stimulation in
insects are
sesquiterpenoid juvenile hormone (JH) and
ecdysteroid 20-hydroxyecdysone (E20). More
recent studies are
showing the importance...
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prothoracic glands,
which secrete a
second hormone,
usually ecdysone (an
ecdysteroid), that
induces ecdysis (shedding of the exoskeleton). PTTH also stimulates...
