Formulation: A crystalline solid
Formal Name: (5β)-2β,3β,14,22R,25-pentahydroxy-cholest-7-en-6-one
Purity: ≥95%
Formula Markup: C27H44O6
Formula Weight: 464,6
Shelf life (days): 1460
CAS Number: 3604-87-3
Notes: α-Ecdysone is a prohormone of 20-hydroxy ecdysone (Item No. 16145), an insect-molting, ecdysteroid hormone.{26314} The insect neurohormone, prothoracicotropic hormone, stimulates prothoracic glands to release α-ecdysone, which is then rapidly converted to its active metabolite, 20-hydroxy ecdysone.{29978,29979}