Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A crystalline resin, C40H66O, obtained from the gum elemi of Mexico.
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- noun organic chemistry Either of two
isomeric triterpenoids found in somevegetable oils andresins
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Part VIII: The identification of taraxerol of the, - amyrin position and of a new triterpene alcohol, resiniferol, as the less abundant constituents of Euphorbia resins].
Chapter 5 1953
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