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Macrolide vs Alstonerine - What's the difference?

macrolide | alstonerine |

As nouns the difference between macrolide and alstonerine

is that macrolide is (organic chemistry) a macrocyclic lactone with a ring of at least twelve atoms while alstonerine is (organic compound) a macrolide alkaloid, based on an indole structure, that has cytotoxic activity.

macrolide

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) a macrocyclic lactone with a ring of at least twelve atoms
  • (medicine) Any of a group of antibiotics having this structure
  • Hyponyms

    * azithromycin * clarithromycin * erythromycin * tacrolimus

    Anagrams

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    alstonerine

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (organic compound) A macrolide alkaloid, based on an indole structure, that has cytotoxic activity