Hopane is a natural chemical compound classified as a triterpene.

It forms the central core of a variety of other chemical compounds which are collectively known as hopanoids.

The first compound of the hopane family to be isolated and characterised was hydroxyhopanone, found in dammar resin.

[3] The name derives from Hopea, a tree genus from which dammar is obtained.

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