Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Cembrene A or sometimes neocembrene is a natural monocyclic diterpene isolated from corals of the genus Nephthea. It is a colorless oil with a faint wax-like odor. Cembrene A itself has little importance as chemical entity being a trail pheromone for termites; however the chemical structure of cembrene is central to a very wide variety of other natural products found both in plants and in animals.Cembrenes are biosynthesized by macrocyclization of geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate.
