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The Balm of the Trees - Terpenes

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  • You get to know the different classes of terpenes as well as their industrial extraction

    • The important class of acyclic and cyclic monoterpenes

    • The classes of higher terpenes, i.e. sesqui-, di-, tri- and tetraterpenes.

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  1. Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry, Department of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    Prof. Arno Behr

  2. Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry, Department of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    Dr. Thomas Seidensticker

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Behr, A., Seidensticker, T. (2020). The Balm of the Trees - Terpenes . In: Chemistry of Renewables. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-61430-3_12

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