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isoprenoid

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isoprenoid /iso·pre·noid/ (i″so-pre´noid) any compound biosynthesized from or containing isoprene units, including terpenes, carotenoids, fat-soluble vitamins, ubiquinone, rubber, and some steroids.
i·so·pre·noid (s-prnoid)
n.
A polymer whose carbon skeleton consists wholly or partly of isoprene units joined end to end.


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The supply of initiator and monomer is regulated by the isoprenoid pathway (figure 2), with hydroxyl-methyl-glutaryl co-enzyme A reductase (HMGR) often being a rate limiting step.
Biotechnological development of domestic rubber producing crops by Shintani, David K. / Rubber World
35] n-alkanes light removed 3 alkylcyclohexanes and alkylbenzenes removed, moderate isoalkanes (including isoprenoids) reduced 4 isoprenoids and methylnaphthalenes removed, moderate aromatics depleted in order of increasing molecular weight and alkyl substitution 5 [C.
Investigations of burial diagenesis in carbonate hydrocarbon ... by Machel, Hans G. / Geoscience Canada
Artemisinin is one of roughly 50,000 isoprenoid chemicals that have evolved to fight pathogens and parasites in plants, microbes, and some marine organisms.
An affordable antimalarial by Tenenbaum, David J. / Environmental Health Perspectives
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