Category:TP3I
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Ecdysteroid (C27)
Ecdysteroids (or ecdysones) are moulting hormones of insects and crustaceans, but also present in many plants. The basic skeleton is highly oxygenated cholestane: 2β,3β,14α,20,22-pentahydroxy-5β-cholest-7-en-6-one. The first ecdysteroid to be isolated was α-ecdysone from teh silkworm (Bombyx mori).
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