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MeSH Heading: Angucyclines and Angucyclinones
Tree Number(s): D02.455.426.559.847.149.401; D02.540.576.375; D02.806.250.045; D04.345.674.313; D04.615.149.401
Unique ID: D000095602
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000095602
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Angucycline Aglycons; Angucycline Antibiotics; Angucycline and Angucyclinone Derivatives; Angucyclines; Angucyclinone Antibiotics; Angucyclinones
Registry Numbers: 0
See Also: Anthraquinones
Public MeSH Note: 2024
History Note: 2024
Date Established: 2024/01/01
Date of Entry: 2023/07/26
Revision Date: 2023/06/14

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analogs & derivatives (AA)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Angucyclines and Angucyclinones MeSH Descriptor Data 2025