Spruce resin (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

Spruce resin

Caption

Spruce resin may be familiar to many as incense. This sticky substance contains many different monoterpenes and is produced by spruce trees to ward off pests.

Credit

Dineshkumar Kandasamy

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