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Acyclic monoterpenes are all liquids at room temperature.

Ocimene

Source:
oil of Ocimum basilicum. ‫( اﻟرﯾﺣﺎن‬Basil)
Uses:

- Perfume industries.
- Flavoring agent in pharmaceutical products, shampoo, toothpaste

soaps and cosmetics.

Myrcene
Source: Oil of hops, bay (Laurus nobilis)

Uses: - The tendency of myrcene to polymerize has been used to
some extent industrially in the preparation of rubber-like polymers
and co-polymers. It has a pleasant odor, but is rarely used in the
perfumery industry, as it is unstable in air and tending to polymerize.
- Myrcene has an analgesic effect.

2- Monocyclic monoterpene hydrocarbons:
Monocyclic monoterpenes is subdivided into:
(1) p-menthane. (the larger group)

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