The neutral sterols of Megalotomus quinquespinosus (say) (hemiptera: Alydidae) and identification of makisterone a as the major free ecdysteroid

Absence of phytosterol dealkylation and

Absence of phytosterol dealkylation and identification of the major ecdysteroid as makisterone A in Dysdercus fasciatus (Heteroptera, Pyrrhocoridae)

✍ J. M. Gibson; M. S. I. Majumder; A. H. W. Mendis; H. H. Rees 📂 Article 📅 1983 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 859 KB

The absence of phytosterol dealkylation in the cotton stainer bug, Dysdercus fasciatus, has been established and the major ecdysteroid in the fifth-stage larvae identified. The demonstration that the free and esterified sterols in D fasciatus consisted of 95-96% sitosterol and 4-5% campesterol, a si