Article | REF: PHA1007 V1

Preferred chemical structures for therapeutic activities

Author: Pascal COUDERT

Publication date: September 10, 2014

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5. Macrocyclic derivatives

Macrocyclic compounds used in therapeutics are of natural or hemisynthetic origin. The first family, made up of antibiotics, antiparasitics, anticancer agents and immunosuppressants, has a macrocyclic lactone as a common motif (figure 8 ). Most of these compounds are produced by saprophytic bacteria of the genus Streptomyces, generally found in the surface layers of soils.

Active ingredient structures with a macrocyclic lactone skeleton
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