MACROLIDE

Macrolide

The macrolides are a group of drugs whose activity stems from the presence of a macrolide ring, a large macrocyclic lactone ring to which one or more deoxy sugars, usually cladinose and desosamine, may be attached. The lactone rings are usually 14-, 15-, or 16-membered. Macrolides belong to the polyketide class of natural products.

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macrolide

Noun

  1. a macrocyclic lactone with a ring of at least twelve atoms
  2. Any of a group of antibiotics having this structure


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