terpenoid

Scientific  

/ tûr′pə-noid′ /

1. Any of a class of hydrocarbons that consist of terpenes attached to an oxygen-containing group. Terpenoids are widely found in plants, and can form cyclic structures such as sterols.

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Example Sentences

"It has eight sugars and a terpenoid in the middle. I mean, it makes the artemisinin biosynthetic pathway look like nothing," Keasling said.

From Science Daily

Many of the defence compounds are terpenoid based, including the commercially valuable eucalyptus oil, which is composed largely of 1,8-cineole.

From Nature

However, increasing lipid content and altering its type could have undesirable side effects: the green microalga Botryococcus accumulates nearly 40% of its biomass in the form of the terpenoid hydrocarbon botryococcene but at the expense of growth rate.

From Nature