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Biological Factors > Phytochemicals > Phytosterols > Ecdysteroids > Ecdysone
... > Lipids > Membrane Lipids > Sterols > Phytosterols > Ecdysteroids > Ecdysone
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Cholestanes > Sterols > Phytosterols > Ecdysteroids > Ecdysone
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Invertebrate Hormones > Insect Hormones > Ecdysteroids > Ecdysone
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Cholestanes > Cholestenes > Cholestenones > Ecdysteroids > Ecdysone

Preferred term

Ecdysone  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Molting Hormone

Note

  • do not confuse with ECDYSTERONE

Scope note

  • A steroid hormone that regulates the processes of MOLTING or ecdysis in insects.

History note

  • 1967(1964)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004440

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