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

Preferred term

Ecdysterone  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • 20 Hydroxyecdysone
  • 20-Hydroxyecdysone
  • Beta Ecdysone
  • Beta-Ecdysone
  • Crustecdysone

Note

  • do not confuse with ECDYSONE

Scope note

  • A steroid hormone that regulates the processes of MOLTING or ecdysis in insects. Ecdysterone is the 20-hydroxylated ECDYSONE.

History note

  • 1977 (1969)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004441

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