Please Define the Following Key Terms

question 25

Essay

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Abbasid caliphs

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Definitions:

Terpene

A large class of organic compounds, produced primarily by plants, that are built from isoprene units and have distinctive odors.

Triglyceride

A triglyceride is a type of fat molecule made up of three fatty acids linked to a glycerol backbone, commonly found in the human body and in foods.

Optically Inactive

Describes compounds that do not rotate the plane of polarized light, usually because they are achiral or have a symmetrical arrangement of atoms.

Base-promoted Hydrolysis

A chemical reaction where a base speeds up the hydrolysis process, commonly involving cleavage of bonds by the addition of water.