Chemicals and Drugs

Lactones

Cyclic esters of hydroxy carboxylic acids, containing a 1-oxacycloalkan-2-one structure. Large cyclic lactones of over a dozen atoms are MACROLIDES.

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Abstract

Cyclic esters of hydroxy carboxylic acids, containing a 1-oxacycloalkan-2-one structure. Large cyclic lactones of over a dozen atoms are MACROLIDES.

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  • Lactone

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, 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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Indexing Annotation

pyran-2-ones: index PYRONES + LACTONES but BENZOPYRAN-2-ONES is available; for cyclic lactones over 12 atoms consider MACROLIDES

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  1. D02w.540w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Lactones. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007783. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007783
  2. Lactones. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactone
  3. Lactones. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59078