Ecdysteroid

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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
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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
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