蜕皮激素

蜕皮激素或蜕皮甾类激素、蜕皮类固醇（英語：Ecdysteroids）是节肢动物的甾体激素参与调控蜕皮、发育，以及在较小程度上影响生殖^[1][2][3]。蜕皮激素包括蜕皮酮、20-羟基蜕皮酮、2-脱氧蜕皮酮等^[4]。这些化合物通常转化自食源性的胆固醇，由细胞色素P450中的万圣节基因家族（英语：Halloween genes）的酶催化生成^[5]。许多植物中常含有植物蜕皮类固醇，作为毒素或拒食剂来对抗植食性昆虫^[6][7]。

蜕皮激素：蜕皮酮（上）与20-羟基蜕皮酮（下）的化学结构

另见

• 蜕皮激素受体

参考文献

1. de Loof A. Ecdysteroids: the overlooked sex steroids of insects? Males: the black box. Insect Science. 2006, 13 (5): 325–338. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7917.2006.00101.x.
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3. Ecdysteroid titers and developmental expression of ecdysteroid-regulated genes during metamorphosis of the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Insect Physiology. 2006-06-01, 52 (6): 558–568. ISSN 0022-1910. doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2006.02.003 （英语）.
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5. Ecdysteroid metabolism in crustaceans. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 2011-11-01, 127 (3-5): 196–203 [2019-06-14]. ISSN 0960-0760. doi:10.1016/j.jsbmb.2010.09.001. （原始内容存档于2019-08-21） （英语）.
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外部链接

• Ecdybase (The Ecdysone Handbook) - a free online ecdysteroids database. ecdybase.org.