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Macrolide vs Macrolactone - What's the difference?

macrolide | macrolactone | Related terms |

Macrolactone is a related term of macrolide.



In organic chemistry terms the difference between macrolide and macrolactone

is that macrolide is a macrocyclic lactone with a ring of at least twelve atoms while macrolactone is any macrocyclic lactone.

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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    macrolactone

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any macrocyclic lactone