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macrolide
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Macrolide
The
macrolides
are a class of
natural products
that consist of a large
macrocyclic
lactone
ring to which one or more
deoxy sugars
, usually
cladinose
and
desosamine
, may be attached. The lactone rings are usually 14-, 15-, or 16-membered. Macrolides belong to the
polyketide
class of natural products. Some macrolides have
antibiotic
or
antifungal
activity and are used as
pharmaceutical drugs
.
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