Meanings
adjectivejuvenomimetic (not comparable)
- not comparablebiologyPreventing metamorphosis in insects by imitating the effects of juvenile hormones.
16 plants were collected locally, of which 12 showed presence of juvenomimetic activity in the extract by the method employed for the study, whereas the remaining 4 did not give any positive indication of this activity in their extracts.
1975 October 15, V. K. K. Prabhu, M. John, “Juvenomimetic activity in some plants”, in Experientia, volume 31, →DOI, page 913
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