Mirasorvone: A masked 20-ketopregnane from the defensive secretion of a diving beetle (Thermonectus marmoratus)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2733-2737

  Meinwald, Jerrold ^a   Huang, Qing ^a   Vrkoč, Jan ^a,d   Herath, Kithsiri B ^a   Yang, Zhi Cai ^a   Schröder, Frank ^a   Attygalle, Athula B ^a   Iyengar, Vikram K ^b   Morgan, Randy C ^c   Eisner, Thomas ^b  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c Insectarium   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Dytiscidae; Hemiketal; Steroids

Indexed keywords

PREGNANE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID RELEASE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODILY SECRETIONS; DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; PREGNANES;

COLEOPTERA; DYTISCIDAE; HYGROBIIDAE; INSECTA; PSEUDOBAHIA; THERMONECTUS MARMORATUS;

EID: 13144282734     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.6.2733     Document Type: Article

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