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We report the discovery of the first antiecdysteroids which belong to a comparatively new class of plant growth regulators, the brassinosteroids. These compounds bind competitively to ecdysteroid receptors partially purified from larvae of the blowflyCalliphora vicina and inhibit biological responses to 20-hydroxyecdysone, the active form of the molting hormone.
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Lehmann, M., Vorbrodt, HM., Adam, G. et al. Antiecdysteroid activity of brassinosteroids. Experientia 44, 355–356 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01961282
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