蛻皮激素

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蛻皮激素蛻皮酮的化學結構

蛻皮激素蛻皮甾類激素蛻皮類固醇(英語:Ecdysteroids)是節肢動物甾體激素參與調控蛻皮、發育,以及在較小程度上影響生殖[1][2][3]。蛻皮激素包括蛻皮酮20-羥基蛻皮酮2-去氧蛻皮酮[4]。這些化合物通常轉化自食源性的膽固醇,由細胞色素P450中的萬聖節基因家族英語Halloween genes的酶催化生成[5]。許多植物中常含有植物蛻皮類固醇英語phytoecdysteroid,作為毒素或拒食劑來對抗植食性昆蟲[6][7]

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