tigliane

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Noun

tigliane (countable and uncountable, plural tiglianes)

  1. (organic chemistry) A tetracyclic structure found in some diterpenes.
    • 1990, Abdel-Fatta Rizk, Poisonous Plant Contamination of Edible Plants, page 43:
      The tigliane diterpenes are a group of novel tetracyclic, biologically active compounds, derivatives of which were first isolated from the seed oil of Croton tiglium.
    • 2012, Zhen Fang, Biodiesel: Feedstocks, Production and Applications, page 296:
      The PE molecules are dependent on a tetracyclic diterpene carbonic structure termed tigliane. The different hydroxylation points of tigliane determine the different varieties of PE and their toxicity.
    • 2012, Kumar Sudesh, Polyhydroxyalkanoates from Palm Oil: Biodegradable Plastics, page 65:
      The phorbol esters contain tetracyclic diterpene basic skeleton known as tigliane (four rings) and the fatty acids which form ester bonding with the hydroxyl groups in tigliane.

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