Talk:Terpene

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[edit] Edits

I've made some extensive changes to this article, trying to expand it from the bare bones state that it was in. If anyone has any suggestions for improvement or additional information needed, please let me know and I'll try to add it or feel free to just make the changes. I would like to redo some of the images so that they are presented in a consistent style (I used some images from different articles, using them as place-holders for now.) The article is still sparse in the later sections, but at least the current article provides a framework for filling in, I think. Edgar181 05:01, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] IPP + DMAPP -> GPP

I would like a tad more information about how isoprenes combine. The diagram of GPP looks like 2 x DMAPP with the PPi thrown away, but the text says it's IPP + DMAPP. If so, the IPP must have isomerized to DMAPP in the reaction (flipping the double bond 'inward'). So for a complete ignoramus like me looking to learn, this explanation is missing an essential step. Isn't it? And where does the spare PPi go, anyway? ~Anon~

[edit] Etymology

The 'terp' root of the word... where does that come from? Turtles? I suppose the rings can look sort of turtle-like... but seriously, this is something that I have not been able to find out, even after consulting the multivolume Oxford English Dicionary at school.

I don't know for sure, but my guess is that the word terpene is derived from turpentine, which in turn is probably derived from the plant source it was originally produced from. --Ed (Edgar181)

[edit] Alleopathy?

Any discussion about terpenes and their role in possibly alleopathic plants like salvia leucophylla or eucalyptus?

[edit] Toxicity?

leathal doses..etc.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.42.147.99 (talk) 08:08, 18 September 2007 (UTC)