Biguanides

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The biguanides are derivatives of the compound biguanide (guanylguanidine) that exert a blood glucose-lowering effect in type 2 (non-insulin dependent) diabetes mellitus. The main biguanides are metformin (dimethylbiguanide) and phenformin (phenethylbiguanide), which were described in 1957 and buformin (butylbiguaninde), which was described in 1958 ....

Original language	English
Title of host publication	xPharm
Subtitle of host publication	the comprehensive pharmacology reference
Editors	S.J. Enna, David B. Bylund
Publisher	Elsevier
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Print)	978-0-08-055232-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-008055232-3.61041-4
Publication status	Published - Feb 2011

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Ciglitazone

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