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Group of steroid hormones that act as moulting hormones in insects and crustaceans (Crustaceae). Ecdysones are also found in plants (e.g. Cyanotis arachnoidea). Insects synthesize these compounds from cholesterol and phytosterols, which the insects need as vitamins.
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