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Preferred Name

Macrolide Antibiotic

Synonyms

Macrolide Antibiotic

Macrolides

Definitions

An anti-microbial compound comprised of a macrocyclic lactone with a ring of twelve or more members linked to one or more monosaccharides, with bacteriostatic and potential antifungal activities. Macrolide antibiotics generally inhibit protein synthesis by binding to the 50S subunit of the bacterial ribosome.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C261

CHEBI_ID

CHEBI:25105

code

C261

DEFINITION

An anti-microbial compound comprised of a macrocyclic lactone with a ring of twelve or more members linked to one or more monosaccharides, with bacteriostatic and potential antifungal activities. Macrolide antibiotics generally inhibit protein synthesis by binding to the 50S subunit of the bacterial ribosome.

FULL_SYN

Macrolide Antibiotic

Macrolides

label

Macrolide Antibiotic

Legacy Concept Name

Macrolide_Antibiotic

NCI_META_CUI

CL557620

Preferred_Name

Macrolide Antibiotic

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C261

Semantic_Type

Organic Chemical

Chemical Viewed Functionally

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C258

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C784

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