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Macrolide vs Kitasamycin - What's the difference?

macrolide | kitasamycin |

As nouns the difference between macrolide and kitasamycin

is that macrolide is (organic chemistry) a macrocyclic lactone with a ring of at least twelve atoms while kitasamycin is a macrolide antibiotic produced by streptomyces kitasatoensis bacteria.

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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    kitasamycin

    Noun

    (-)
  • A macrolide antibiotic produced by Streptomyces kitasatoensis bacteria.