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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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The terpene from American turpentine is called austraterebenthene.
Instead, this terpene only increases the solvent's ability to 'dissolve' and mobilize the nitroxide side chain, which is in agreement with its low irritation response.
They are usually present in the plant oil in mixtures with each other or with a terpene.
The principal constituents of the oil are a terpene, asarol alcohol, another alcohol, and methyl eugenol.
Once again, the offset for terpene emissions due to storage must be considered here.
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.

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