26-Hydroxyecdysone: New Insect Molting Hormone from the Egg of the Tobacco Hornworm

Five kilograms of tobacco hornworn eggs (48 to 64 hours old) afforded 26.5 milligrams of a new crystalline insect molting hormone identified as 26-hydroxyecdysone. The three known insect ecdysones--α-ecdysone, 20-hydroxyecdysone, and 20,26-dihydroxyecdysone-were also present but in much smaller quan...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1973-04, Vol.180 (4083), p.307-308
Hauptverfasser:	Kaplanis, J. N., Robbins, W. E., Thompson, M. J., Dutky, S. R.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Hormones Hydroxyls Insect development Insect eggs Insect hormones Insect identification Insect pathology Molecules Molting Steroids
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