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ecdysone

precursor of an insect hormone
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ecdysone

Summary

ecdysone is a type of chemical entity[1]. ecdysone ranks in the top 6% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • ecdysone is credited with the discovery of Adolf Butenandt[3].
  • ecdysone's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[4].
  • ecdysone's chemical structure is recorded as Ecdysone.svg[5].
  • ecdysone's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 3604-87-3[6].
  • ecdysone's EC number is recorded as 222-760-4[7].
  • ecdysone's canonical SMILES is recorded as CC(C1CCC2(C1(CCC3C2=CC(=O)C4C3(CC(C(C4)O)O)C)C)O)C(CCC(C)(C)O)O[8].
  • ecdysone's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C27H44O6/c1-15(20(28)8-9-24(2,3)32)16-7-11-27(33)18-12-21(29)19-13-22(30)23(31)14-25(19,4)17(18)6-10-26(16,27)5/h12,15-17,19-20,22-23,28,30-33H,6-11,13-14H2,1-5H3/t15-,16+,17-,19-,20+,22+,23-,25+,26+,27+/m0/s1[9].
  • ecdysone's InChIKey is recorded as UPEZCKBFRMILAV-JMZLNJERSA-N[10].
  • ecdysone's chemical formula is recorded as C₂₇H₄₄O₆[11].
  • ecdysone's subclass of is recorded as ecdysteroid[12].
  • ecdysone's subclass of is recorded as cholestane steroid[13].
  • ecdysone's subclass of is recorded as sterol[14].
  • ecdysone's part of is recorded as ecdysone binding[15].
  • ecdysone's part of is recorded as ecdysone biosynthetic process[16].
  • ecdysone's part of is recorded as ecdysone catabolic process[17].
  • ecdysone's part of is recorded as ecdysone metabolic process[18].
  • ecdysone's part of is recorded as cellular response to ecdysone[19].
  • ecdysone's part of is recorded as response to ecdysone[20].
  • ecdysone's part of is recorded as ecdysone O-acyltransferase activity[21].
  • ecdysone's part of is recorded as ecdysone 20-monooxygenase activity[22].
  • ecdysone's part of is recorded as ecdysone oxidase activity[23].
  • ecdysone's part of is recorded as ecdysteroid 22-kinase activity[24].
  • ecdysone's part of is recorded as ecdysteroid-phosphate phosphatase activity[25].
  • ecdysone's Commons category is recorded as Ecdysone[26].
  • ecdysone's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D004440[27].

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Works and Contributions

ecdysone is credited with the discovery of Adolf Butenandt[3].

Why It Matters

ecdysone ranks in the top 6% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32 views/month).[2] ecdysone has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] ecdysone is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Adolf Butenandt

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . commonchemistry.cas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . geneontology.org. Retrieved . geneontology.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . geneontology.org. Retrieved . geneontology.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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