FB2026_02 , released June 18, 2026
Chemical: 20-hydroxyecdysone
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General Information
Name
20-hydroxyecdysone
FlyBase ID
FBch0000175
ChEBI Name
20-hydroxyecdysone
ChEBI ID
CHEBI:16587
PubChem Name
20-Hydroxyecdysone
PubChem ID
CID:5459840
Chemical Structure
Chemical structure of 20-hydroxyecdysone
20-hydroxyecdysone
InChIKey

NKDFYOWSKOHCCO-YPVLXUMRSA-N

Definition (ChEBI)

ChEBI: 20-hydroxyecdysone is an ecdysteroid that is ecdysone substituted by a hydroxy group at position 20. It has a role as a plant metabolite and an animal metabolite. It is a 20-hydroxy steroid, an ecdysteroid, a 14alpha-hydroxy steroid, a 3beta-sterol, a 2beta-hydroxy steroid, a 22-hydroxy steroid, a 25-hydroxy steroid and a phytoecdysteroid. It derives from an ecdysone.

Roles Classification (ChEBI)
Comment
Synonyms and Secondary IDs (32)
Synonyms
(22R)-2beta,3beta,14alpha,20,22,25-hexahydroxy-5beta-cholest-7-en-6-one
(ChEBI, 2019-)
20 HE
(Oberdorster et al., 1999)
20-E
(Suyama et al., 2023)
20-HYDROXYECDYSONE
(PubChem, 2019-)
20-Hydroxyecdysone
(Ghassah et al., 2025, ChEBI, 2019-, Zeng et al., 2018, Zou et al., 2018, Di Cara and King-Jones, 2016)
20-OH Ecdysone
(Oberdorster et al., 1999)
20-OH ecdysone
(ChEBI, 2019-)
20-OH-ecdysone
(Simon et al., 2003)
20-hydroxy-ecdysone
(Ahmed et al., 2020)
20-hydroxyecdysone
(Liu et al., 2025, Long et al., 2025, Vega-Cuesta et al., 2025, Barton et al., 2024, Marešová et al., 2024, Bobrovskikh and Gruntenko, 2023, Ebihara and Niwa, 2023, Krasnov et al., 2023, Wen et al., 2023, Yamada et al., 2023, Chen et al., 2022, Ohhara et al., 2022, Cruz et al., 2020, Jin et al., 2020, Kannangara et al., 2020, Yuan et al., 2020, ChEBI, 2019-, Drelon et al., 2019, PubChem, 2019-, Wisidagama et al., 2019, Garrido-Jimenez et al., 2018, Li et al., 2018, Okamoto et al., 2018, Shimell et al., 2018, Uryu et al., 2018, Hindle et al., 2017, Jin et al., 2017, Kaieda et al., 2017, Kang et al., 2017, Meiselman et al., 2017, Yun et al., 2017, Akagi et al., 2016, Chiang et al., 2016, Di Cara and King-Jones, 2016, Gokhale et al., 2016, Ou et al., 2016, Mazina et al., 2015, Sultan et al., 2014, Yamanaka et al., 2013, Mane-Padros et al., 2012, Schwedes and Carney, 2012, Lin et al., 2011, Ou et al., 2011, Ishimoto et al., 2009, Reddy et al., 2006, Terashima and Bownes, 2006, Warren et al., 2004, Simon et al., 2003, Park et al., 2001, Berreur et al., 1984)
20E
(Peng et al., 2024, Ohhara et al., 2022, Zhang et al., 2018, Meiselman et al., 2017)
5289-74-7
(PubChem, 2019-)
Commisterone
(PubChem, 2019-)
Crustecdyson
(PubChem, 2019-)
Crustecdysone
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
Ecdysterone
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
Isoinokosterone
(PubChem, 2019-)
Polypodine A
(PubChem, 2019-)
PubChem:5459840
(PubChem, 2019-)
Viticosterone
(PubChem, 2019-)
beta-Ecdysone
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
beta-Ecdysterone
(ChEBI, 2019-)
beta-ecdysone
(PubChem, 2019-)
commisterone
(PubChem, 2019-)
crustecdyson
(PubChem, 2019-)
crustecdysone
(PubChem, 2019-)
ecdysone
(Rand et al., 2023, Meiselman et al., 2017, Reddy et al., 2006)
ecdysterone
(PubChem, 2019-)
isoinokosterone
(PubChem, 2019-)
polypodine a
(PubChem, 2019-)
pubchem:5459840
(PubChem, 2019-)
viticosterone
(PubChem, 2019-)
Secondary FlyBase IDs
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