Preferred Label : polyketides;
IUPAC definition : Natural compounds containing alternating carbonyl and methylene groups ('β-polyketones'),
biogenetically derived from repeated condensation of acetyl coenzyme A (via malonyl
coenzyme A), and usually the compounds derived from them by further condensations.
Considered by many to be synonymous with the less frequently used terms acetogenins
and ketides.;
Origin ID : P04734;
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
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Natural compounds containing alternating carbonyl and methylene groups ('β-polyketones'),
biogenetically derived from repeated condensation of acetyl coenzyme A (via malonyl
coenzyme A), and usually the compounds derived from them by further condensations.
Considered by many to be synonymous with the less frequently used terms acetogenins
and ketides.
