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Thymene vs Thymine - What's the difference?

thymene | thymine |

As nouns the difference between thymene and thymine

is that thymene is (organic compound) a terpene (or mixture of terpenes) isolated from the essential oil of thyme while thymine is (biochemistry|genetics) a base, c5h6n2o2, obtained by applying sulphuric acid to thymic acid; it pairs with adenine in dna.

thymene

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic compound) A terpene (or mixture of terpenes) isolated from the essential oil of thyme

    • thymine

    English

    (wikipedia thymine)

    Noun

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  • (biochemistry, genetics) A base, C5H6N2O2, obtained by applying sulphuric acid to thymic acid; it pairs with adenine in DNA.