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Definition of Sesquiterpene
1. Noun. (chemistry) Any terpene formed from three isoprene units, and having fifteen carbon atoms; includes several plant pigments such as the flavones. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sesquiterpene
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sesquiterpene
Literary usage of Sesquiterpene
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 (1901)
"The sesquiterpene has a specific gravity which is even lower than that of ...
The sesquiterpene of Ginger Oil; Zingiberene. The first investigation of ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1901)
"The sesquiterpene has a specific gravity which is even lower than that of ...
The sesquiterpene of Ginger Oil; Zingiberene. The first investigation of ..."
3. The Sesquiterpenes: A Monograph by Oswald Schreiner (1904)
"This, no doubt, also explains why other writers sometimes use the word cadinene
as though it were synonymous with sesquiterpene. ..."
4. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1907)
"If we consider that these oils belong either to the terpene or sesquiterpene
class, and are composed of the substances having the formula ..."
5. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1903)
"These hydrates, by dehydration, give rise to sesquiterpenes which are rarely
identical with a natural sesquiterpene, being more often distinctive compounds. ..."
6. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1907)
"In a few instances there was evidence of a trace of sesquiterpene, but the amount
was inconsiderable. That the soluble constituents of the oil would have no ..."
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