Richard H. Eastman
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LOCATION: Stanford, CA, United States
Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, Stanford University, California. Author of General Chemistry—Experiment and Theory.
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Isoprenoid, any of a class of organic compounds composed of two or more units of hydrocarbons, with each unit consisting of five carbon atoms arranged in a specific pattern. Isoprenoids play widely varying roles in the physiological processes of plants and animals. They also have a number of…
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