Ecdysteroids natural analogues

Many secondary metabolites found in plants deter phytophagous invertebrates, sometimes even modifying insect growth and development if included in the diet [8]. Natural products can often act as insecticides via different pathways, as is the case with the analogues of insect juvenile hormones produced by plants. Thus, some derivatives of these analogues are used as commercial insecticides while others act as ecdysteroid antagonists [8]. 

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