Ecdysone

Steroid carbon nomenclature

Trivial names: Ecdysone; -Ecdysone
Systematic name: (22R)-2ß,3ß,14,22,25-Pentahydroxycholest-7-en-6-one
Molecular formula: C₂₇H₄₄O₆
CAS Number: 3604-87-3
Merck Index (11th Ed) Number: 3465

Substrate

References

1. Srivatsan, J., Weirich, M. and Agosin, M. (1990) Cytochrome P-450-catalyzed formation of 20-hydroxy-ecdysone in larval housefly mitochondria. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 166, 1372-1377.
2. Chen, J.H., Hara, T., Fisher, M.J. and Rees, H.H. (1994) Immunological analysis of developmental changes in ecdysone 20-mono-oxygenase expression in the cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis. Biochem. J. 299, 711-717.

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