Term Name: biguanides
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Definition: A class of oral hypoglycemic drugs used for diabetes mellitus or prediabetes treatment. They have a structure based on the 2-carbamimidoylguanidine skeleton.
Ontology: ChEBI [CHEBI:53662]  ( EBI )

Relationships
is a type of: guanidines
has subtype: alexidine buformin chlorhexidine m-Chlorophenylbiguanide N-(diaminomethylidene)-4-morpholinecarboximidamide phenformin proguanil
has_role: hypoglycemic agent