ecdysteroid
ecdysteroid noun: any of a group of hormones responsible for moulting in insects and other functions in other invertebrates and plants.
Noun
ecdysteroid (plural ecdysteroids)
- Any of a group of hormones responsible for moulting in insects and other functions in other invertebrates and plants.
- The ecdysteroid group includes more than 250 polyhydroxysterols that occur in plants and animals, with 20-hydroxyecdysone (20-OH-E) being the physiologically active moulting hormone in most insects (Lafont 2000).2007, Guy Smagghe, “12: Insect Cell Lines as Tools in Insecticide Mode of Action Research”, in Isaac Ishaaya, Ralf Nauen, A. Rami Horowitz, editors, Insecticides Design Using Advanced Technologies...
- In some dipteran species, ecdysteroids synthesis starts at almost the same time as the onset of vitellogenin synthesis, whereas in other species like orthopterans the synthesis starts only towards the end of vitellogenin uptake.2008, John L. Capinera, editor, Encyclopedia of Entomology, 2nd edition, Springer, page 1279
Forms of ecdysteroid
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Origin of ecdysteroid
From ecdysis (“shedding, moulting”) (from Ancient Greek ἔκδυσις (ékdusis, “stripping”)) + steroid.
Words formed from ecdysteroid
Questions about ecdysteroid
- What does ecdysteroid mean?
- Ecdysteroid means any of a group of hormones responsible for moulting in insects and other functions in other invertebrates and plants.
- What part of speech is ecdysteroid?
- Ecdysteroid is a noun.
- What is the plural of ecdysteroid?
- The plural of ecdysteroid is ecdysteroids.
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