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Organic polymer Conductive polymer Copolymer Fluoropolymer Gutta-percha (
Polyterpene)
Phenolic resin Polyanhydrides Polyketone Polyester Polyolefin (Polyalkene)...
- an aromatic, heavy, dark-brown timber. Chemically, gutta-percha is a
polyterpene, a
polymer of isoprene, or polyisoprene,
specifically (trans-1,4-polyisoprene)...
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cyanogenic glycosides, monoterpenoids, sesquiterpenoids, triterpenoids, the
polyterpene ficaprenol-11,
fatty acids, and
caffeine have been
found in the genus...
- from
hardwoods include cycloartenol,
betulin and squalene.
Hardwood polyterpenes are rubber,
gutta percha, gutta-balatá and betulaprenols.
Although in...
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squalene are
triterpenoids purified from hardwood.
Examples of wood
polyterpenes are
rubber (cis-polypren),
gutta percha (trans-polypren), gutta-balatá...
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Monoterpene C10 3
Sesquiterpenes C15 4
Diterpene C20 5
Sesterterpene C25 6
Triterpene C30 7
Sesquarterterpene C35 8
Tetraterpene C40 More than 8
Polyterpene...
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terpene units.
Structures containing greater than 40
carbons are
known as
polyterpenes.
Carotenoids are
important simple isoprenoids that
function as antioxidants...
- sterols, squalene,
ursolic acid
Tetraterpenoids Tetraterpenes 8 40 C40H64
Carotenoids Polyterpenoid Polyterpenes >8 >40 (C5H8)n Gutta-percha,
natural rubber...
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Polysaccharides (cellulose...)
Polycondensation Glycosidic bond
Isoprene Terpenes Polyterpenes: cis-1,4-polyisoprene
natural rubber and trans-1,4-polyisoprene gutta-percha...
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monocyclic gamma-carotene, and the
bicyclic alpha- and beta-carotenes.
Polyterpenes consist of long
chains of many
isoprene units.
Natural rubber consists...
