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  • noun Plural form of ecdysteroid.

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Examples

  • A Bodybuilding.com article by a former chief of research for a major nutrition company called ecdysteroids the "Steroidal Holy Grail."

    Sports Illustrated - What You Don't Know Might Kill You William Harryman 2009

  • "Spinach, for example, is loaded with ecdysteroids, but these molecules provide no muscle-building properties in humans."

    Sports Illustrated - What You Don't Know Might Kill You William Harryman 2009

  • "Studies in my lab have shown that ecdysteroids are completely innocuous in mammals," says Ronald M. Evans, a professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego.

    Sports Illustrated - What You Don't Know Might Kill You William Harryman 2009

  • The ecdysone receptor (EcR) regulates various cellular responses to ecdysteroids during insect development.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Takayuki Watanabe 2010

  • The ecdysone receptor (EcR) regulates various cellular responses to ecdysteroids during insect development.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • The ecdysone receptor (EcR) regulates various cellular responses to ecdysteroids during insect development.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • "Studies in my lab have shown that ecdysteroids are completely innocuous in mammals," says Ronald M. Evans, a professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego.

    Integral Options Cafe 2009

  • Scott A, Blair M (1987) The use of an inhibitor of protein synthesis to investigate the roles of ecdysteroids and sex-determination genes on the expression of the genes encoding the Drosophila yolk proteins.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Abhay Sharma et al. 2009

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