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Phytoecdysteroids: biological aspects
1Department of Biological Sciences, University of Exeter, Devon, UK. l.n.dinan@exeter.ac.uk
Phytochemistry
|June 8, 2001
Abstract:
Phytoecdysteroids are a family of about 200 plant steroids related in structure to the invertebrate steroid hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone. Typically, they are C27, C28 or C29 compounds possessing a 14alpha-hydroxy-7-en-6-one chromophore and A/B-cis ring fusion (5beta-H). In the present review, the distribution, biosynthesis, biological significance and potential applications of phytoecdysteroids are summarised.