dehydro-D-arabinono-1,4-lactone metabolic process +
doxorubicin metabolic process
emericellamide metabolic process +
enniatin metabolic process +
F-9775A metabolic process +
F-9775B metabolic process +
fonsecin metabolic process +
granaticin metabolic process +
L-ascorbic acid metabolic process +
lactone biosynthetic process +
lactone catabolic process +
macrolide metabolic process +
The chemical reactions and pathways involving macrolides, any of a large group of polyketide compounds that contain a large lactone ring with few or no double bonds and no nitrogen atoms, linked glycosidically to one or more sugar groups. The macrolides include the carbomycins, the erythromycins, oleandomycin, oligomycins, and the spiramycins, and act as antibiotics, mainly against Gram-positive bacteria.