Eudesmane
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Eudesmane is a noun meaning (organic chemistry) 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.
Meaning
(organic chemistry) 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.
Example Sentences
Among the sesquiterpenoids, eudesmane and cadinanes are the most important for the study of terrestrialization.
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.
Word Forms
- eudesmanes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include eudesmanolide, ingenane, drimane, eremantholide, euphane, isocedrane.
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