A subclass of
polyketides having an octahydrotetracene-2-carboxamide skeleton, substituted with many hydroxy
and other groups, e.g. chlortetracycline:
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on
structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1371