Ecdysteroid
id:
ecdysteroid-203-11403477
title:
Ecdysteroid
text:
Ecdysteroids are arthropod steroid hormones that are mainly responsible for molting, development and, to a lesser extent, reproduction; examples of ecdysteroids include ecdysone, ecdysterone, turkesterone and 2-deoxyecdysone. These compounds are synthesized in arthropods from dietary cholesterol upon metabolism by the Halloween family of cytochrome P450s. Phytoecdysteroids also appear in many plants mostly as a protection agents against herbivore insects. Ecdysterone has been tested on mammals d
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Group of steroid hormones
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecdysteroid
date created:
2007-05-01T17:24:13Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T17:48:09Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Ecdysone.svg","width":1665,"height":1090}
fields total:
13
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