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Polycyclic aromatic polyketides with tetracyclic angular benz(a)anthracene skeletons. Angucyclines and related angucyclinones are produced by Actinomycetes, e.g., STREPTOMYCES, using type II polyketide synthase involving condensation of acetyl CoA and 9 malonyl-CoA.
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- Angucycline and Angucyclinone Derivatives
- Angucyclinones and Angucyclines
- Angucycline Aglycons
- Angucycline Antibiotics
- Angucyclines
- Angucyclinone Antibiotics
- Angucyclinones
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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2024
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- National Library of Medicine. Angucyclines and Angucyclinones. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000095602. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000095602
- Angucyclines and Angucyclinones. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124240992