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Diterpene

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A diterpene is a terpene whose molecule has twenty carbon atoms.

eg:

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Cembrene
(a constituent of pine oil)

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Retinol or Vitamin A
(strictly, terpenoid; present in animals)

see also monoterpene, sesquiterpene, triterpene


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