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Terpene vs Sabinene - What's the difference?

terpene | sabinene |

As nouns the difference between terpene and sabinene

is that terpene is terpene while sabinene is a liquid bicyclic unsaturated terpene hydrocarbon which is found usually in savin oil it is the isomer of thujene containing a double bond outside the rings.

terpene

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) A very large class of naturally occurring and synthetic organic compounds formally derived from the hydrocarbon isoprene; they include many volatile compounds used in perfume and food flavours, turpentine, the steroids, the carotene pigments and rubber.
  • Usage notes

    Terpenes are properly only hydrocarbons. Oxygenated derivatives are terpenoids.

    Hypernyms

    * hydrocarbon

    Hyponyms

    * diterpene * monoterpene * polyterpene * sesquiterpene * sesterterpene * tetraterpene * triterpene

    Anagrams

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    sabinene

    English

    (wikipedia sabinene) (thujene)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A liquid bicyclic unsaturated terpene hydrocarbon which is found usually in savin oil. It is the isomer of thujene containing a double bond outside the rings.