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Macrolide vs Spongistatin - What's the difference?

macrolide | spongistatin |

As nouns the difference between macrolide and spongistatin

is that macrolide is (organic chemistry) a macrocyclic lactone with a ring of at least twelve atoms while spongistatin is (organic compound) any of a class of complex marine macrolide spiroketals that have antitumour 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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    spongistatin

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic compound) Any of a class of complex marine macrolide spiroketals that have antitumour activity