Future perspectives for research on the biosynthesis of juvenile hormones and related sesquiterpenoids in arthropod endocrinology and ecotoxicology

Juvenile Hormones and Juvenoids: Modeling Biological Effects and Environmental Fate

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 15-30

  Hui, Jerome H L ^a   Bendena, William G ^b   Tobe, Stephen S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Juvenile hormone; Methyl farnesoate; Methyl transferase; Sesquiterpenoid; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878977344     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b14899     Document Type: Chapter

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