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 |- |}

Toxicity:
Organism Test Type Route Reported Dose (Normalized Dose) Effect Source
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.