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Preferred Name

Macrolide

Synonyms

Macrolide

Definitions

A term used to describe a chemical structure of a compound containing a large lactone ring, usually with a 14 or 16-membered ring structure. The prototypical compounds within the macrolide class are the erythromycin-based antibiotics; however, many compounds with this chemical structure are being developed for other diseases.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C67445

CHEBI_ID

CHEBI:25106

code

C67445

DEFINITION

A term used to describe a chemical structure of a compound containing a large lactone ring, usually with a 14 or 16-membered ring structure. The prototypical compounds within the macrolide class are the erythromycin-based antibiotics; however, many compounds with this chemical structure are being developed for other diseases.

FULL_SYN

Macrolide

label

Macrolide

Legacy Concept Name

Macrolide

Preferred_Name

Macrolide

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C67445

Semantic_Type

Chemical Viewed Structurally

UMLS_CUI

C0282563

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C606

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