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polyketides definition

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Natural compounds containing alternating carbonyl and methylene groups ("-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.

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