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The nemadectins are fermentation products of Streptomyces cyaneogriseus noncyanogenus. Structurally, the nemadectins lack a disaccharide group at C-13 but differ from the milbemycins proper because they contain a trisubstituted double bond at C-26 in their side chains.

Nemadectin is the dominant member of a class of milbemycins bearing unsaturated longer chain groups at the 25-position. Nemadectin shows pronounced nematocidal and insecticidal activity. Nemadectin is the starting material for moxidectin, a commercial anthelmintic.

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