diterpene

See also: diterpène

English

Etymology

From di- + terpene.

Noun

diterpene (plural diterpenes)

1. (organic chemistry) any terpene formed from four isoprene units, and having twenty carbon atoms; includes vitamin A, the gibberellins, and various biologically active lactones such as quassin.
   • 2016, Maurice M. Iwu, Food as Medicine: Functional Food Plants of Africa:

     Further experiments are needed to elaborate the exact mechanisms of the hypotensive and diuretic effects of diterpene kaurenoids.

Hypernyms

• terpene
• hydrocarbon

Hyponyms

• abietic acid
• agelasimine
• andrographolide
• aphidicolin
• cafestol
• ferruginol
• forskolin
• gibberellin
• kahweol
• labdane
• lagochiline
• phorbol
• quassin
• sclarene
• stemarene
• vitamin A

Coordinate terms

• hemiterpene
• monoterpene
• sesquiterpene
• sesterterpene
• triterpene
• tetraterpene
• polyterpene

Derived terms

• diterpenoid
• norditerpene