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Terpenoids are a class of naturally occurring compounds found primarily in plants that give plants and flowers their fragrance. They are volatile hydrocarbons of the general formula (C5H8)n and related oxygenated, hydrogenated, and dehydrogenated derivatives. Monoterpenoids are a type of terpenoid that contain two isoprene units (C10H16), and can either have an acyclic structure without cycles or cyclic forms.

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Terpenoids are a class of naturally occurring compounds found primarily in plants that give plants and flowers their fragrance. They are volatile hydrocarbons of the general formula (C5H8)n and related oxygenated, hydrogenated, and dehydrogenated derivatives. Monoterpenoids are a type of terpenoid that contain two isoprene units (C10H16), and can either have an acyclic structure without cycles or cyclic forms.

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Introduction:

Terpenoids:
there are many different classes of naturally occurring compounds. Terpenoids also form a group of
naturally occurring compounds majority of which occur in plants, a few of them have also been
obtained from other sources. Terpenoids are volatile substances which give plants and flowers their
fragrance. They occur widely in the leaves and fruits of higher plants, conifers, citrus and eucalyptus.

By the modern definition: “Terpenoids are the hydrocarbons of plant origin of the general formula
(C5H8)n as well as their oxygenated, hydrogenated and dehydrogenated derivatives.”

Monoterpenoids:
Acyclic monoterpenoid:
A monoterpenoid which does not contain any cycle in its structure (no cyclic form) is said to
be acyclic monoterpenoid.

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