juvenile hormone metabolic process juvenile hormone biosynthetic process juvenile hormone formation juvenile hormone anabolism The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of juvenile hormones, the three sesquiterpenoid derivatives that function to maintain the larval state of insects at molting and that may be required for other processes, e.g. oogenesis. GO:0006718 juvenile hormone biosynthesis biological_process juvenile hormone synthesis sesquiterpenoid biosynthetic process hormone biosynthetic process