Biological activity of natural and synthetic ecdysteroids in the BII bioassay

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 219-225

  Harmatha, Juraj ^a   Dinan, Laurence ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Ecdysteroid; Ecdysteroid receptor; Phytoecdysteroid; Steroid hormone; Structure activity relationship

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTEROID; STEROID;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; SYNTHESIS;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ECDYSTEROIDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEROIDS;

EID: 0030632836     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6327(1997)35:1/2<219::aid-arch20>3.0.co;2-d     Document Type: Article

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