
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kinnear, JF 
A1  - Martin, MD 
A1  - Chong, YK 
A1  - Faux, A 
A1  - Horn, DHS 
A1  - Wilkie, JS 
T1  - Insect Moulting Hormones: Possible Intermediates in the Metabolism of Cholesterol to Ecdysteroids in an Insect
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1978
VL  - 31
IS  - 9
SP  - 2069
EP  - 2075
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9782069 
N2  - The possible ecdysteroid precursors 3&#946;,5,14x-trihydroxy-5&#945;-cholest-7- en-6-one (12) and 3&#946;,14&#945;-dihydroxycholesta-4,7-dien-6-one (19) have been synthesized and the metabolism of the corresponding 3&#945;-tritium- labelled compounds studied in Calliphora stygia at the time of ecdysteroid biosynthesis. Labelled 20-hydroxyecdysone was isolated in both cases and the compounds may thus be ecdysteroid precursors. However, confirmation of these results with substrates labelled in another position is necessary. 
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