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Juvenile Hormones and Juvenoids: Modeling Biological Effects and Environmental Fate

Juvenile Hormones and Juvenoids: Modeling Biological Effects and Environmental Fate

Paperback

Series: QSAR in Environmental and Health Sciences

ChemistryEnvironmental StudiesZoology

ISBN10: 1138382205
ISBN13: 9781138382206
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: Nov 21 2018
Pages: 401
Weight: 1.14
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

Juvenile hormones (JHs) are a group of structurally related sesquiterpenes secreted by the insect corpora allata. They affect most insect life-cycle stages and physiological functions, including embryogenesis, larval and adult development, metamorphosis, reproduction, metabolism, diapause, polyethism, and migration. Juvenoids such as methoprene, hydroprene, kinoprene, pyriproxyfen, and fenoxycarb are man-made chemicals that mimic the structure and/or activity of JHs, selectively targeting and disrupting the endocrine system of insects. They are particularly suited as larvicides for the control of pest and disease vectoring insects such as mosquitoes.

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