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diterpenes

diterpenes is the plural of diterpene.

Meaning of diterpene

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

Questions about diterpenes

What is diterpenes the plural of?
Diterpenes is the plural of diterpene.

Words near diterpenes in the dictionary

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

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