longifolene

English

Etymology

longifolia +‎ -ene, after the pine species Pinus longifolia (an obsolete name for Pinus roxburghii Sarg.).

Noun

longifolene (uncountable)

1. A naturally-occurring oily liquid hydrocarbon found primarily in the high-boiling fraction of certain pine resins.
   • 2015 July 14, “Genome-Wide Identification of Differentially Expressed Genes Associated with the High Yielding of Oleoresin in Secondary Xylem of Masson Pine ( Pinus massoniana Lamb) by Transcriptomic Analysis”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Among sesquiterpenes, the most abundant compounds are longifolene and caryophyllene, and the sum of them reaches up to 82% of sesquiterpenes.