eudesmane
eudesmane noun: a bicyclic sesquiterpene found in many nonflowering plants, especially angiosperms, and often associated with drimane. It is considered a marker of plant-based origin for petroleum and sediments.
Noun
eudesmane (countable and uncountable, plural eudesmanes)
- A bicyclic sesquiterpene found in many nonflowering plants, especially angiosperms, and often associated with drimane. It is considered a marker of plant-based origin for petroleum and sediments.
- Among the sesquiterpenoids, eudesmane and cadinanes are the most important for the study of terrestrialization.2010, Marco Vecoli, Gaël Clément, B. Meyer-Berthaud, The Terrestrialization Process, page 18
- It seems reasonable to conclude that C. polyanthos collected in different locations possesses different sets of enzymes that act in mediating the cyclization process of the germacradiene intermediate leading to the eudesmanes.2012, Yoshinori Asakawa, Agnieszka Ludwiczuk, Fumihiro Nagashima, Chemical Constituents of Bryophytes, page 222
Forms of eudesmane
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Questions about eudesmane
- What does eudesmane mean?
- Eudesmane means a bicyclic sesquiterpene found in many nonflowering plants, especially angiosperms, and often associated with drimane. It is considered a marker of plant-based origin for petroleum and sediments.
- What part of speech is eudesmane?
- Eudesmane is a noun.
- What is the plural of eudesmane?
- The plural of eudesmane is eudesmanes.
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