Natural compounds containing alternating carbonyl and
methylene groups
('
β-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.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on
structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1359
