Skip to main content
An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

NALT Full

Concept information

  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. chemical compounds
  3. organic compounds
  4. aromatic compounds
  5. phenolic compounds
  6. polyketides
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. chemical substances
  3. chemical compounds
  4. polycyclic compounds
  5. macrocyclic compounds
  6. polyketides

Preferred term

polyketides

Type

  • Chemical

Definition

  • Information Natural compounds containing alternating carbonyl and methylene groups (beta-polyketones), bioenergenetically derived from repeated condensation of acetyl coenzyme A via malonyl coenzyme A, in a process similar to fatty acid synthesis.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings 2014

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Related concepts

In other languages

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/2482

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 1/19/06, last modified 5/26/17