Natural products and related compounds formally derived from isoprene units (see
isoprenoids). They contain oxygen in various functional groups. This class is subdivided according
to the number of carbon atoms in the same manner as are
terpenes. The skeleton of terpenoids may differ from strict additivity of isoprene units by
the loss or shift of a fragment, generally a methyl group.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on
structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1371
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