Structure determination of a new juvenile hormone from a Heteropteran insect

Abstract

The structure of the juvenile hormone (JH) in the suborder Heteroptera, order Hemiptera, has been known for a very long time to be different from the JH of other orders, but the structure has been a matter of controversy. The structure was first elucidated by an unprecedented approach involving the screening of a JH molecular library. The novel Heteroptera-specific JH (JHSB3) is a new category of JH that is featured by the skipped bisepoxide structure. © 2009 American Chemical Society.