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pristane

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More on Terpenes Definition: A class of compounds composed of repeating 5-carbon units of HEMITERPENES.      Other names Terpenoids; Isoprenoids
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
pristane [ pristan,2,6,10,14-tetramethyl-pentadecane,tetramethylpentadecane ]
  structure 		1921-70-6 2,6,10,14-tetramethylpentadecane  *Terpenes
Pharma Action Carcinogens; Immunosuppressive Agents 		Cell 1979;18(4):1001; Crit Rev Microbiol 5(4):413;1977; J Natl Cancer Inst 54(6):1413;1975; JNCI 1980;64(1):145; Proc Natl Acad Sci 75(9):4549;1978

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