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What is a terpene?

What is a terpene? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (organic chemistry) A very large class of naturally occurring and synthetic organic compounds formally derived from the hydrocarbon isoprene; they include many volatile compounds used in perfume and food flavours, turpentine, the steroids, the carotene pigments and rubber.
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Chemically, the camphors may be divided into two main groups, according to the nature of the corresponding hydrocarbon or terpene.
As shown, the extract tested by the NTP contains about one third more flavone glycosides and nearly twice the amount of terpene lactones and ginkgolic acids.
This is the rich material from which Carbocycle Construction in Terpene Synthesis is derived.
The principal constituents of the oil are a terpene, asarol alcohol, another alcohol, and methyl eugenol.
The terpene from American turpentine is called austraterebenthene.
Plants and some other organisms have an additional terpene biosynthesis pathway in their chloroplasts, a structure fungi and animals do not have.

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