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Terpene
About: Terpene is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2208 publications have been published within this topic receiving 51480 citations. The topic is also known as: terpenes.
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TL;DR: The terpenoid composition of the leaf resin of three Baccharis species has been studied in this article, and the structures of these terpenoids have been established by spectroscopic methods and by comparison with the data reported for related compounds.
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01 Jan 1963
TL;DR: The recent demonstration that certain nitrogenous terpene derivatives possess potent anti-hypertensive activity may indicate that a new era in medicine—that of the synthetic terpenoids—is about to dawn.
Abstract: The terpenoids constitute one of the largest groups of naturally-occurring compounds, being characterized by their extremely widespread distribution in both the plant and animal kingdoms, and by their great diversity of chemical structure [1–3]1). Extensive biological investigations have been carried out within the group and these studies have revealed a broad spectrum of pharmacological and physiological properties, some of which have led to a number of terpenoids gaining medicinal application. Few of the simpler naturally-occurring terpenoids are in clinical use today however, and indeed, the disappearance of these compounds from the pharmacopoeias is a faithful reflection of the rapid progress in therapeutics over the last two decades. At the same time the recent demonstration that certain nitrogenous terpene derivatives possess potent anti-hypertensive activity may indicate that a new era in medicine—that of the synthetic terpenoids—is about to dawn. The antimicrobial and insecticidal properties of other terpenoids have led to their utilization as pesticides and fungicides in agriculture and horticulture.
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16 citations