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Naphthacenes

Medical Definition: Polyacenes with four ortho-fused benzene rings in a straight linear arrangement. This group is best known for the subclass called TETRACYCLINES.
Naphthacenes Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Anthracyclines - Organic compounds that have a tetrahydronaphthacenedione ring structure attached by a glycosidic linkage to the amino sugar daunosamine.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Tetracyclines - Closely congeneric derivatives of the polycyclic naphthacenecarboxamide. (Gilman et al., Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 8th ed, p1117)

Naphthacenes Medical Definitions and Terms

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