Juvenile hormone: identification of an active compound from balsam fir.
A sesquiterpenoid ester with high juvenile hormone activity for Pyrrhocoris apterus (L.) was isolated from balsam fir, Abies balsamea (L.) Miller, and identified as the methyl ester of todomatuic acid.
D000818:Animals; D002623:Chemistry Techniques, Analytical; D007313:Insecta / Q000187:drug effects*; D007447:Invertebrate Hormones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007605:Juvenile Hormones; D014197:Trees
D007447:Invertebrate Hormones; D007605:Juvenile Hormones