eudesmane

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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