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... > Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Hydrocarbons, Cyclic > Hydrocarbons, Aromatic > Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons > Benz(a)Anthracenes > Angucyclines and Angucyclinones
Polycyclic Compounds > Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons > Benz(a)Anthracenes > Angucyclines and Angucyclinones
Polycyclic Compounds > Macrocyclic Compounds > Polyketides > Angucyclines and Angucyclinones
Organic Chemicals > Lactones > Polyketides > Angucyclines and Angucyclinones
Organic Chemicals > Quinones > Benzoquinones > Angucyclines and Angucyclinones

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Angucyclines and Angucyclinones  

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  • Angucycline and Angucyclinone Derivatives

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  • Polycyclic aromatic polyketides with tetracyclic angular benz(a)anthracene skeletons. Angucyclines and related angucyclinones are produced by Actinomycetes, e.g., STREPTOMYCES, using type II polyketide synthase involving condensation of acetyl CoA and 9 malonyl-CoA.

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  • 2024

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