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Volatile male-specific natural products of a coreid bug (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)
The large coreid bug,Pachylis laticornis (Hemiptera: Coreidae), feeds on several mimosaceous trees in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. In addition to the presumably defensive metathoracic exocrine glands that occur in bot...
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Sterol composition and phytosterol utilization and metabolism in the milkweed bug
Analysis of the sterols of the milkweed bug,Oncopeltus fasciatus (Dallas) and dietary sunflowerseeds revealed that there is little, if any, conversion of dietary C28 or C29 phytosterols to cholesterol in this phy...
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Ecdysone 20-hydroxylase from the midgut of the tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta L.)
An ecdysone 20-hydroxylase enzyme system that converts α-ecdysone to 20-hydroxyecdysone was prepared from the midgut of the tobacco hornworm prepupa. This partially purified enzyme is NADPH dependent and is lo...
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Inhibitive effects of structurally modified azasteroids and related nitrogen containing steroids on insect growth and development
A number of azasteroids and other nitrogen containing steroids with a modified nucleus or side chain were prepared and tested for their inhibitory effects on the growth and development of several species of in...
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Nonsteroidal secondary and tertiary amines: Inhibitors of insect development and metamorphosis and Δ24-sterol reductase system of tobacco hornwormreductase system of tobacco hornworm
Several new branched and straight chain secondary and tertiary amines were shown to have inhibitive effects upon development and metamorphosis and the Δ24-sterol reductase system in larvae of the tobacco hornworm...
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Ecdysone metabolism: Ecdysone dehydrogenase-isomerase
An enzyme system that converts α-ecdysone to its hormonally less active 3α-epimer was detected only in the midgut of the tobacco hornworm,Manduca sexta (L.). This system appears to be specific for the ecdysones a...
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The Metabolism of the Synthetic Ecdysone Analog, 1α-3H-22,25-Bisdeoxyecdysone in Relation to Certain of its Biological Effects in Insects
Certain naturally occurring ecdysones and synthetic ecdysone analogs exhibit a variety of biological activities in insects (Robbins et al., 1968, 1970; Williams and Robbins, 1968). Particularly interesting among ...