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. 2020 Mar 22;21(6):2187. doi: 10.3390/ijms21062187

Table 1.

General types of terpenes and terpenoids emitted from forested areas. Some of the well-known synonyms and molecular formulas are shown in brackets. All structures of the compounds are from the PubChem 3D viewer database (https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov), in which carbons and oxygens are colored in gray and red, respectively. For more details on the drawing, refer to the description in the Pubchem web site (https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pc3d/PC3DView1.html).

Type Name (Synonym, Molecular Formula) Ref
Monoterpene α-Pinene
(C10H16)
β-Pinene
(C10H16)
3-Carene
(C10H16)
d-Limonene
(C10H16)
[24,33,34,35,36,37]
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Camphene
(C10H16)
Myrcene
(C10H16)
α-Terpinene
(C10H16)
γ-Terpinene
(C10H16)
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α-Phellandrene
(C10H16)
β-Phellandrene
(C10H16)
p-Cymene
(C10H14)
Sabinene
(C10H16)
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Terpinolene
(C10H16)
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Oxygenated monoterpene 1,8-Cineole
(Eucalyptol, C10H18O)
Camphor
(C10H16O)
Borneol
(C10H18O)
α-Terpineol
(C10H18O)
[34,37]
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Terpinen-4-ol
(C10H18O)
Linalool
(C10H18O)
Linalool-oxide
(C10H18O2)
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Monoterpene derivatives Bornyl acetate
(C12H20O2)
[34]
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Sesquiterpene Humulene
(α-Caryophyllene, C15H24)
β-Caryophyllene
(trans-Caryophyllene, C15H24)
[34,37,38]
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