Giant Cocoon Formation in the Silkworm, Bombyx mori L., Topically Treated with Methylenedioxyphenyl Derivatives

Abstract

Previously we reported the synthesis of several Cecropia juvenile hormone analogs each containing a 3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl group1) and the marked inhibitory effect of some of these compounds on metamorphosis in fifth instar larvae of the silkworm, Bombyx mori L., being 1,000 times as active as that