Ecdysteroid hormones and metabolites of
โ
Wang, Wenan L.; Spaziani, Eugene; Huang, Zhi-Heng; Charkowski, Dennis M.; Li, Ya
๐
Article
๐
2000
๐
John Wiley and Sons
๐
English
โ 223 KB
The Y-organs of the xanthid crab Menippe mercenaria secrete the ecdysteroids, 3dehydroecdysone (3DE) and lesser amounts of 3-dehydro (or 2-dehydro)-25-deoxyecdysone (3D25dE) in vitro. These ecdysteroids were identified by elution-time comparisons with authentic standards, mass spectrography, and, fo