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Descriptor English: Ecdysone
Descriptor Spanish: Ecdisona
Descriptor ecdisona
Entry term(s) hormona de la muda
Scope note: Hormona esteroidea que regula los procesos de MUDA o ecdisis en los insectos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ecdisona
Descriptor French: Ecdysone
Entry term(s): Molting Hormone
Tree number(s): D04.210.500.247.222.265.165.500
D06.472.445.573.271.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004440
Scope note: A steroid hormone that regulates the processes of MOLTING or ecdysis in insects.
Annotation: do not confuse with ECDYSTERONE
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BI biosynthesis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PH physiology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Registry Number: 3604-87-3
CAS Type 1 Name: Cholest-7-en-6-one, 2,3,14,22,25-pentahydroxy-, (2beta,3beta,5beta,22R)-
Public MeSH Note: 1967
History Note: 1967(1964)
DeCS ID: 4504
Unique ID: D004440
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1967/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/05/31
Ecdysone - Preferred
Concept UI M0006957
Scope note A steroid hormone that regulates the processes of MOLTING or ecdysis in insects.
Preferred term Ecdysone
Entry term(s) Molting Hormone



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