Formulation: A crystalline solid
Formal Name: (5β)-2β,3β,14,20,22R,25-hexahydroxy-cholest-7-en-6-one
Purity: ≥98%
Formula Markup: C27H44O7
Formula Weight: 480,6
Shelf life (days): 1460
CAS Number: 5289-74-7
Notes: 20-hydroxy Ecdysone is an ecdysteroid hormone produced in arthropod species that induces developmental changes associated with ecdysis and the completion of metamorphosis.{26314} It is also produced in plants as a defensive strategy to disrupt the development of insect pests.{26312} In target tissues, 20-hydroxy ecdysone binds to the nuclear hormone receptor, ecdysone receptor, initiating a signaling cascade that results in cell cycle arrest.{26314,26313} Ecdysteroids such as this compound have been employed as tools in inducible gene regulation systems controlled by reporter cells transfected with the ecdysone receptor.{26316,26315}