Insect Juvenile Hormones

Insect Juvenile Hormones: Chemistry and Action reviews the state of knowledge on juvenile hormones (JH) and analogs. The book emerged from the presentations and deliberations at the Symposium on the Chemistry and Action of Insect Juvenile Hormones, sponsored by the Division of Pesticide Chemistry of the American Chemical Society at the 162nd National Meeting of the Society in Washington, D. C., September 12-17, 1971.
The book summarizes what is known about JH their analogs; their chemistry; their biological effects and mode of action; their biochemical fate in target and nontarget organisms; and their stability. Although divided into three general areas for convenience-biological, biochemical, and chemical-the text in its entirety is a multidisciplinary discourse, a foundation upon which the understanding of the action or inaction of JH and JH-active chemicals may be based, which hopefully will provide a springboard for future direction and research. This book will be of interest to chemists, biochemists, biologists, endocrinologists, entomologists, insect physiologists, and others concerned with insect development and control.

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Contributors
Preface
Introduction
Part I. Biological Aspects
Insect Hormones and Insect Control
Theoretical Aspects of the Action of Juvenile Hormone
Regulation of Messenger RNA Translation Mediated
Biological Activity and Bio Assay of Juvenile Hormone Analogs
Juvenile Hormone and Insect Embryonic Development: Its Potential Role as an Ovicide
Field Experiences with Juvenile Hormone Mimics
Part II. Biochemical Aspects
Metabolism of Cecropia Juvenile Hormone in Insects and in Mammals
Preliminary Chromatographic Studies on the Metabolites and Photodecomposition Products of the Juvenoid 1-(4'-Ethylphenoxy)-6,7-epoxy-3,7-dimethyl-2-octene
Environmental Stability of Juvenile Hormone Mimicking Agents
Part III. Chemical Aspects
The Origin of Juvenile Hormone Chemistry
Terpenoid Routes to the Synthesis of Homojuvenates
Juvenile Hormone Activity of a Variety of Structural Types against Several Insect Species
Synthesis and Activity of Juvenile Hormone Analogs
Cecropia Juvenile Hormone: Harbinger of a New Age in Pest Control
Subject Index