Effects of the neem tree compounds azadirachtin, salannin, nimbin, and 6-desacetylnimbin on ecdysone 20-monooxygenase activity

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 199-209

  Mitchell, M J ^a   Smith, S L ^b   Johnson, S ^c   Morgan, E D ^c  

^a EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

6 desacetylnimbin; Azadirachtin; Ecdysone 20 monooxygenase; Nimbin; Salannin

Indexed keywords

6 DESACETYLNIMBIN; 6-DESACETYLNIMBIN; AZADIRACHTIN; DITERPENE; ECDYSONE 20 HYDROXYLASE; ECDYSONE 20-HYDROXYLASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; INSECTICIDE; LIMONOID; NIMBIN; SALANNIN; STEROID MONOOXYGENASE; TRITERPENE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; LEPIDOPTERA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ARYL HYDROCARBON HYDROXYLASES; DITERPENES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; LIMONINS; MANDUCA; STEROID HYDROXYLASES; TRITERPENES;

EID: 0030624816     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6327(1997)35:1/2<199::aid-arch18>3.0.co;2-6     Document Type: Article

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