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diterpene

diterpene noun: any terpene formed from four isoprene units, and having twenty carbon atoms; includes vitamin A, the gibberellins, and various biologically active lactones such as quassin.

Noun

diterpene (plural diterpenes)

  1. any terpene formed from four isoprene units, and having twenty carbon atoms; includes vitamin A, the gibberellins, and various biologically active lactones such as quassin.
    • Further experiments are needed to elaborate the exact mechanisms of the hypotensive and diuretic effects of diterpene kaurenoids.2016, Maurice M. Iwu, Food as Medicine: Functional Food Plants of Africa

Forms of diterpene

pluralditerpenes

Origin of diterpene

From di- + terpene.

Words formed from diterpene

Questions about diterpene

What does diterpene mean?
Diterpene means any terpene formed from four isoprene units, and having twenty carbon atoms; includes vitamin A, the gibberellins, and various biologically active lactones such as quassin.
What part of speech is diterpene?
Diterpene is a noun.
What is the plural of diterpene?
The plural of diterpene is diterpenes.

Words near diterpene in the dictionary

  1. ditelosomics
  2. diterbium
  3. ditercalinium
  4. diterebene
  5. diterminal
  6. diterpene
  7. diterpenes
  8. diterpenic
  9. diterpenoid
  10. diterpenoidal
  11. diterpenoids

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