A. Suksamrarn et Be. Yingyongnarongkul, SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL-ACTIVITY OF 2-DEOXY-20-HYDROXYECDYSONE AND DERIVATIVES, Tetrahedron, 52(38), 1996, pp. 12623-12630
The naturally occurring ecdysteroids 2-deoxy-20-hydroxyecdysone (2-D-2
0-ECD, 2-deoxycrustecdysone), 2-D-20-ECD 3-acetate (2-deoxyecdysterone
3-acetate), 2-D-20-ECD 22-acetate and 2-D-20-ECD 22-benzoate have bee
n partially synthesized from 20-hydroxyecdysone. Moulting hormone acti
vity of these ecdysteroids has been studied using the Musca bioassay.
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