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Ecdysterone MeSH Descriptor Data 2023


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
Registry Number
5289-74-7
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
Ecdysterone Preferred
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