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

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Ecdysteroids  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Ecdysteroid

Scope note

  • Steroids that bring about MOLTING or ecdysis in insects. Ecdysteroids include the endogenous insect hormones (ECDYSONE and ECDYSTERONE) and the insect-molting hormones found in plants, the phytoecdysteroids. Phytoecdysteroids are natural insecticides.

History note

  • 2002; use ECDYSTEROIDS (NM) 1976-2001

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D026461

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