ECDYSTEROID METABOLISM IN LABIDURA RIPARIAFEMALES (INSECTA, DERMAPTERA)

Authors
SAYAH F BLAIS C
Citation
F. Sayah et C. Blais, ECDYSTEROID METABOLISM IN LABIDURA RIPARIAFEMALES (INSECTA, DERMAPTERA), Netherlands journal of zoology, 45(1-2), 1995, pp. 89-92
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Netherlands journal of zoology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00282960
Volume
45
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
89 - 92
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-2960(1995)45:1-2<89:EMILR(>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
The metabolism of tritiated 20-hydroxyecdysone was investigated in vit ellogenic females of Labidura riparia. It proceeds mainly through conj ugation reactions, in particular through acetylation at C-3 and phosph ate ester formation at C-2. The acetylphosphate derivative was the maj or conjugate found in different tissues. This ecdysteroid derivative a ppears to be present as the major endogenous conjugate in hemolymph of vitellogenic females but only as a minor one in ovaries.