Cucurbitacin B acts a potential insect growth regulator by antagonizing 20-hydroxyecdysone activity.

Chuanshan ZouGuifen LiuSuning LiuShumin LiuQisheng SongJian WangQili FengYunlin SuFangfang Liu

Published in: Pest management science (2018)

In vivo and in vitro experiments demonstrate that CucB acts as a potential insect growth regulator by antagonizing 20E activity and thus blocking molting and metamorphosis induced by 20E signaling. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry.

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