Steroids that bring about MOLTING or ecdysis in insects. Ecdysteroids include the endogenous insect hormones (ECDYSONE and ECDYSTERONE) and the insect-molting hormones found in plants, the phytoecdysteroids. Phytoecdysteroids are natural insecticides.
Entry Term(s)
Ecdysteroid
Previous Indexing
Invertebrate Hormones (1976-1995)
Steroids (1992-2001)
Public MeSH Note
2002; ECDYSTEROIDS was indexed under STEROIDS 1992-2001and INVERTEBRATE HORMONES 1976-1995
Steroids that bring about MOLTING or ecdysis in insects. Ecdysteroids include the endogenous insect hormones (ECDYSONE and ECDYSTERONE) and the insect-molting hormones found in plants, the phytoecdysteroids. Phytoecdysteroids are natural insecticides.
