terpene

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an unsaturated hydrocarbon obtained from plants

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Terpenic alcohols' presence in sweet almond oil was below 10 mg x [kg.sup.-1], whereas it went beyond 20 mg x [kg.sup.-1] in hazelnut oil and 30 mg x [kg.sup.-1] in pecan nut oil.
There was a huge increment in antibiotic effectiveness with the terpenic moiety insertion, since norlichexanthone (2) has no antibiotic activity [20].
Isolation And Screening Of Microorganisms With Potential For Biotransformation Of Terpenic Substrates.
It has been reported that the terpenic compounds, mainly Precocene I and Precocene II, are the main components of Ageratum species [22,24].
Ceschi et al., "Synthesis and AChE inhibitory activity of new chiral tetrahydroacridine analogues from terpenic cyclanones," European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, vol.
The tire rubber composition includes a rubber component; a plasticizer; and at least one of a resin and a plasticizer, the resin being at least one selected from the group consisting of aromatic petroleum resins, terpenic resins and rosin resins.
Therefore, terpenic oil has been used in the pharmaceutical industry, perfume industry, food additives and other chemical industries due to its pleasant fragrance (Mercier et al., 2009).
Essential oil of plant is a mixture of great number of terpenic components synthesizes in the cells of the leaf trichomes and stored in the glandular hairs of aerial parts (GIANNOULI & al., 2000).
The chemical treatments modify the topography of the fiber due to dissolution and extraction of surface impurities, waxes, oil terpenic agents, etc.
However, soldiers in the subfamily Nasutitermitinae (Termitidae) have a frontal projection, called a "nasus", from which a defensive terpenic substance is secreted (Prestwich, 1983).