Terpene Compound

Preferred Label : Terpene Compound;

NCIt synonyms : Terpenes;

NCIt related terms : terpene;

NCIt definition : The class of compound known as terpenes comprise of essential oils, flavours and fragrances. The extraction and synthesis of compounds such as these is the basis for the perfumery industry. They find a variety of uses in the food and pharmaceutical industry as flavour and odour improvers;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: A type of strong-smelling chemical substance found in some plants, especially trees that have cones. Terpenes are found in essential oils (scented liquid taken from plants).;

ChEBI ID : CHEBI:35186;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000463097;

Details

Origin ID

C860;

UMLS CUI

C0039561;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Terpenoids [PASCAL theme]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Product containing terpene (product) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Terpene (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- terpene, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- terpenes [IUPAC Term]
- terpenes [MeSH Descriptor]
- terpenes [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Biologically Active Substance [UMLS semantic type]
- Organic Chemical [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Product containing terpene (product) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Terpene (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- terpene, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- terpenes [IUPAC Term]
- terpenes [MeSH Descriptor]
- terpenes [MeSH concept]

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