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Properties of other Polyterpens in Essential Oils
Properties of other Polyterpens in Essential Oils
Diterpenes include cembrene and taxadiene. They form the basis for biologically important compounds such as retinol, retinal, and phytol. Triterpenes include squalene, the major constituent of shark liver oil, which is derived from the reductive coupling of two molecules of farnesyl pyrophosphate. Squalene is then processed biosynthetically to generate lanosterol, the structural precursor to all the steroids. Tetraterpenes include the acyclic lycopene, the monocyclic gamma-carotene, and the bicyclic alpha- and beta-carotenes. Polyterpenes consist of long chains of many isoprene units. Natural rubber consists of cis-polyisoprenes.
Diterpenes include cembrene and taxadiene. They form the basis for biologically important compounds such as retinol, retinal, and phytol. Triterpenes include squalene, the major constituent of shark liver oil, which is derived from the reductive coupling of two molecules of farnesyl pyrophosphate. Squalene is then processed biosynthetically to generate lanosterol, the structural precursor to all the steroids. Tetraterpenes include the acyclic lycopene, the monocyclic gamma-carotene, and the bicyclic alpha- and beta-carotenes. Polyterpenes consist of long chains of many isoprene units. Natural rubber consists of cis-polyisoprenes.
Other Polyterpenes
Other Polyterpenes
alpha-carotene
alpha-carotene
beta-carotene
beta-carotene