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THE natural insect juvenile hormone, I, is one of two which occur1 in the silk moth Hyalophora cecropia. Because it inhibits metamorphosis in many orders of insects2, this hormone and its analogues have a potential use as insect control agents3. This raises important questions about mammalian toxicology.
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SIDDALL, J., SLADE, M. Absence of Acute Oral Toxicity of Hyalophora cecropia Juvenile Hormone in Mice. Nature New Biology 229, 158 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio229158a0
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