Abstract
Extensive research has been done to get the ideal “third generation insecticides” in the area of compounds showing insect juvenile hormone (JH) activity since the discovery of JH activity in insect extracts. Although some JH mimics have been commercialized and practically used as proper insecticides in some specific fields, it has become apparent that researchers have now recognized the inherent disadvantage of JH mimics as insecticides and they do not seem to have such enthusiasm that they showed once.
Here, I would like to present a brief review of JH and JH mimics as well as a prospective view of insecticidal JH mimics, while showing the recent JH active compounds discovered in our laboratory.
