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Propionate as a Precursor of Juvenile Hormone in the Cecropia Moth

  • Heike Rodé-Gowal , Scott Abbott , Dietrich Meyer , Herbert Röller and Karl H. Dahm

Abstract

Juvenile Hormone, Biosynthesis, Cecropia Moth Adult 3-4 day old males of the giant silk moth H yalophora cecropia incorporate the label of [1-14C] propionate and [1-14C]butyrate in JH-I and JH-II. [1-14C]propionate is used for the bio­ synthesis of the hormones as an intact C3-unit. Three possible intermediates in the biosynthesis of JH-I-(E,E,Z)-7-ethyl-3,11-dimethyl-2,6,10-tridecatrienoic acid, its methyl ester, and the cor­ responding alcohol - were converted in low yields to the hormone. Methyl 7-ethyl-3,11-dimethyl-tridecanoate was not incorporated. Mevalonate applied to larvae before pupation was not used for the synthesis of a hypothetical JH-I precursor.

Received: 1975-1-27
Published Online: 2014-6-2
Published in Print: 1975-6-1

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