A meroterpene (or meroterpenoid) is a chemical compound having a partial terpenoid structure.
Plants in the genus Humulus and Cannabis produce terpenophenolic metabolites, such as humulone and tetrahydrocannabinol respectively.
[1] Other examples of terpenophenolics from plants include bakuchiol and lapachol.
The antibiotic marinone produced by marine bacteria is another example.
The terpenophenolics methoxyconidiol, epiconicol and didehydroconicol, isolated from the ascidian Aplidium aff.