The first insect moulting hormone called Ecdysone was isolated by Butenandt and Karlson (1) from the prothoracic gland of the pupa of silk worm. However, mainly due to minute supply of the compound the pharmacological study has not been made in the mammals. In 1966, Nakanishi, Takemotc et al. (2) found metamorphosing substances
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