MeSH Browser

MeSH Heading: Ecdysterone
Tree Number(s): D04.210.500.247.222.265.165.750; D06.472.445.573.271.750
Unique ID: D004441
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004441
Annotation: do not confuse with ECDYSONE
Scope Note: A steroid hormone that regulates the processes of MOLTING or ecdysis in insects. Ecdysterone is the 20-hydroxylated ECDYSONE.
Entry Term(s): 20-Hydroxyecdysone; Beta-Ecdysone; Crustecdysone
CAS Type 1 Name: Cholest-7-en-6-one, 2,3,14,20,22,25-hexahydroxy-, (2beta,3beta,5beta,22R)-
Previous Indexing: Cholestanes (1968-1972); Ecdysone (1966-1974); Hormones (1966); Insects (1966); Invertebrate Hormones (1967-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 1977; see CHOLESTENES 1975-1977, see INVERTEBRATE HORMONES 1972-1974, see CHOLESTANES 1969-1971
History Note: 1977 (1969)
Date Established: 1977/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/05/31

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analogs & derivatives (AA)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0006958
Scope Note: A steroid hormone that regulates the processes of MOLTING or ecdysis in insects. Ecdysterone is the 20-hydroxylated ECDYSONE.
Terms: Ecdysterone Preferred Term
Term UI T013519
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1975); 20-Hydroxyecdysone
Term UI T013516
Date05/18/1978
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Beta-Ecdysone
Term UI T013517
Date01/30/1981
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Crustecdysone
Term UI T013518
Date05/28/1985
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

Ecdysterone MeSH Descriptor Data 2024