The term "terpene" is derived from the word "terpentine", an obsolete spelling of the word "turpentine" and was first coined by a German chemist August Kekulé in 1866. Terpenes represent a huge, diverse class of organic compounds, produced by a variety of plants, foods and insects. Terpenes are the primary components and building blocks of essential oils, resins and balms and they’re the ones responsible…
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