| Discovery of insect anti-juvenile hormones in plants.?2U. | |
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PMID: 986685 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Two simple chromenes with anti-JH activity have been isolated and identified from the bedding plant Ageratum houstoianum. By contact and fumigation these compounds induce precocious metamorphosis and sterilization in several hemipteran species of insects. Certain holometabolous species are sterilized, forced into diapause, or both. Each of these biological actions is equivalent to removal of the corpora allata, which produce the JH's, and is reversible by treatment with exogenous JH. Thus, the action of these compounds is to stop the production or depress the titer of the JH's. To our knowledge, this is the first discovery of anti-JH, and we hope it will guide the way to the emergence of a fourth generation of safe and insect-specific pesticides. |
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Authors:
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W S Bowers; T Ohta; J S Cleere; P A Marsella |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Science (New York, N.Y.) Volume: 193 ISSN: 0036-8075 ISO Abbreviation: Science Publication Date: 1976 Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1976-10-20 Completed Date: 1976-10-20 Revised Date: 2007-03-19 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0404511 Medline TA: Science Country: UNITED STATES |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 542-7 Citation Subset: IM |
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Female Hibernation / drug effects Insect Control / methods Insecticides* / isolation & purification, pharmacology Insects Juvenile Hormones / antagonists & inhibitors*, physiology Metamorphosis, Biological / drug effects Neurosecretory Systems / drug effects Ovary / drug effects Ovum / drug effects Plants* |
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0/Insecticides; 0/Juvenile Hormones |
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