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... > Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Terpenes > Monoterpenes > Cyclopentane Monoterpenes > Iridoids
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Macrocyclic Compounds > Cycloparaffins > Cyclopentanes > Cyclopentane Monoterpenes > Iridoids
... > Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Hydrocarbons, Cyclic > Hydrocarbons, Alicyclic > Cycloparaffins > Cyclopentanes > Cyclopentane Monoterpenes > Iridoids
Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring > Pyrans > Iridoids

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Iridoids  

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Entry terms

  • Derivatives, Iridoid
  • Iridoid
  • Iridoid Derivatives

Scope note

  • A type of MONOTERPENES, derived from geraniol. They have the general form of cyclopentanopyran, but in some cases, one of the rings is broken as in the case of secoiridoid. They are different from the similarly named iridals (TRITERPENES).

History note

  • 2003; for IRIDOIDGLUCOSIDES use IRIDOIDS (NM) 1975-2002

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D039823

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