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... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Specialty Uses of Chemicals > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Polymers > Biopolymers > Resins, Plant > Turpentine
... > Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Manufactured Materials > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Polymers > Biopolymers > Resins, Plant > Turpentine
Macromolecular Substances > Polymers > Biopolymers > Resins, Plant > Turpentine
Complex Mixtures > Biological Products > Plant Exudates > Resins, Plant > Turpentine
Lipids > Oils > Oils, Volatile > Turpentine

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Turpentine  

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Entry terms

  • Oil Turpentine
  • Turpentine, Oil

Scope note

  • The concrete oleoresin obtained from PINACEAE such as longleaf pine (Pinus palustris). It contains a volatile oil, to which its properties are due, and to which form it is generally used. Turpentine is used as a solvent and an experimental irritant in biomedical research.

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