Meaning of eudesmane | Babel Free

Definitions

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.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“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.”

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