Catabolism of ponasterone A to ecdysterone, inokosterone, and poststerone in Bombyx mori

1 January 1971

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society D: Chemical Communications

No. 17,p. 1036-1037
https://doi.org/10.1039/c29710001036

Abstract

Ponasterone A is catabolized in Bombyx mori larvae by hydroxylation at C-25 and C-26 to ecdysterone and inokosterone and by C-20:C-22 side-chain fission to poststerone.

Keywords

ECDYSTERONE
SIDE CHAIN
CHAIN FISSION
MORI LARVAE
MORI PONASTERONE
HYDROXYLATION

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