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Definition of Sesquiterpenes
1. sesquiterpene [n] - See also: sesquiterpene
Medical Definition of Sesquiterpenes
1. Compounds formed from three isoprene units; may be acyclic, mono-, di-, or tricyclic; synthesised from farnesylpyrophosphate (e.g., trichothecin, nicin). (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sesquiterpenes
Literary usage of Sesquiterpenes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1903)
"In 1887, Wallach declared his intention to study the sesquiterpenes along lines
parallel to those which had proven so successful in the investigation of ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1901)
"This applies to the sesquiterpenes as well as to the terpenes. The classification
of the terpenes was developed historically for a threefold purpose. ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1901)
"In the earlier classifications the sesquiterpenes were left entirely out of
consideration, and indeed beyond the classification of Gladstone into compounds ..."
4. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1905)
"The position of the sesquiterpenes in the modem rational system of classification
... The occurrence of sesquiterpenes in the vegetable sesquiterpenes and ..."
5. Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin by University of Wisconsin (1910)
"The specific gravity, the index of refraction and the boiling temperature indicate
that the oil is composed largely of one or more sesquiterpenes, and since ..."
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