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Polycyclic Compounds > Macrocyclic Compounds > Polyketides
Organic Chemicals > Lactones > Polyketides

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Polyketides  

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  • Polyketide

Scope note

  • Natural compounds containing alternating carbonyl and methylene groups (beta-polyketones), bioenergenetically derived from repeated condensation of acetyl coenzyme A via malonyl coenzyme A, in a process similar to fatty acid synthesis.

History note

  • 2012

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D061065

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