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Science 25 November 1966:
Vol. 154. no. 3752, pp. 1020 - 1021
DOI: 10.1126/science.154.3752.1020
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Juvenile Hormone: Identification of an Active Compound from Balsam Fir

W. S. Bowers 1, H. M. Fales 2, M. J. Thompson 3, and E. C. Uebel 3

1 Entomology Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland
2 National Heart Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
3 Entomology Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville

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.


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