20-Hydroxyecdysone
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Ecdysterone
Pubchem(5459840,3032482)
A steroid hormone that regulates the processes of MOLTING or ecdysis in insects. Ecdysterone is the 20-hydroxylated ECDYSONE.
KEGG Pathway(C02633)
- Insect hormone biosynthesis
|59627 |2R40 |Browning C, Martin E, Loch C, Wurtz JM, Moras D, Stote RH, Dejaegere AP, Billas IMCritical Role of Desolvation in the Binding of 20-Hydroxyecdysone to the Ecdysone ReceptorJ. Biol. Chem. v282, p.32924-32934 |- |}
Organism | Test Type | Route | Reported Dose (Normalized Dose) | Effect | Source |
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mouse | LD50 | intraperitoneal | 6400mg/kg (6400mg/kg) | Nippon Yakurigaku Zasshi. Japanese Journal of Pharmacology. Vol. 66, Pg. 551, 1970. | |
mouse | LD50 | oral | > 9gm/kg (9000mg/kg) | Nippon Yakurigaku Zasshi. Japanese Journal of Pharmacology. Vol. 66, Pg. 551, 1970. |