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Descriptor English: Ecdysteroids
Descriptor Spanish: Ecdisteroides
Descriptor ecdisteroides
Scope note: Esteroides que provocan la MUDA o ecdisis en los insectos. Entre los ecdisteroides se incluyen las hormonas endógenas de los insectos (ECDISONA y ECDISTERONA) y las hormonas de la muda de los insectos que se encuentran en plantas, los fitoecdisteroides; estos últimos son insecticidas naturales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ecdisteroides
Descriptor French: Ecdystéroïdes
Entry term(s): Ecdysteroid
Tree number(s): D04.210.500.247.222.265.165
D04.210.500.247.808.756.143
D06.472.445.573.271
D10.570.938.795.143
D23.704.500.143
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D026461
Scope note: Steroids that bring about MOLTING or ecdysis in insects. Ecdysteroids include the endogenous insect hormones (ECDYSONE and ECDYSTERONE) and the insect-molting hormones found in plants, the phytoecdysteroids. Phytoecdysteroids are natural insecticides.
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
DF deficiency
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
Previous Indexing: Invertebrate Hormones (1976-1995)
Steroids (1992-2001)
Public MeSH Note: 2002; ECDYSTEROIDS was indexed under STEROIDS 1992-2001and INVERTEBRATE HORMONES 1976-1995
History Note: 2002; use ECDYSTEROIDS (NM) 1976-2001
DeCS ID: 36061
Unique ID: D026461
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2002/01/01
Date of Entry: 2001/07/25
Revision Date: 2016/05/31
Ecdysteroids - Preferred
Concept UI M0059254
Scope note Steroids that bring about MOLTING or ecdysis in insects. Ecdysteroids include the endogenous insect hormones (ECDYSONE and ECDYSTERONE) and the insect-molting hormones found in plants, the phytoecdysteroids. Phytoecdysteroids are natural insecticides.
Preferred term Ecdysteroids
Entry term(s) Ecdysteroid



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