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Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Polycyclic Compounds [D04] » Fused-Ring Compounds » Steroids » Cholestanes » Cholestenes » Cholestenones » Ecdysteroids
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Polycyclic Compounds [D04] » Fused-Ring Compounds » Steroids » Cholestanes » Sterols » Phytosterols » Ecdysteroids
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists [D06] » Hormones » Invertebrate Hormones » Insect Hormones » Ecdysteroids
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Lipids [D10] » Membrane Lipids » Sterols » Phytosterols » Ecdysteroids
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Biological Factors [D23] » Phytochemicals » Phytosterols » Ecdysteroids
Description
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. MeSH
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