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
Related terms
* macrolide