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CHEBI:53662 - biguanides
| ChEBI ID | CHEBI:53662 |
| ChEBI 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. |
| Secondary ChEBI ID | CHEBI:35529 |
| Last Modified | 24 October 2014 |
| Submitter | Marcus Ennis |
| Roles Classification |
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| Application: | hypoglycemic agent A drug which lowers the blood glucose level. |
| ChEBI Ontology |
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| Outgoing Relation(s) |
| biguanides (CHEBI:53662) has role hypoglycemic agent (CHEBI:35526) |
| biguanides (CHEBI:53662) is a guanidines (CHEBI:24436) |
| Incoming Relation(s) |
| alexidine (CHEBI:53661) is a biguanides (CHEBI:53662) |
| buformin (CHEBI:3209) is a biguanides (CHEBI:53662) |
| chlorhexidine (CHEBI:3614) is a biguanides (CHEBI:53662) |
| m-Chlorophenylbiguanide (CHEBI:32347) is a biguanides (CHEBI:53662) |
| N-(diaminomethylidene)-4-morpholinecarboximidamide (CHEBI:94665) is a biguanides (CHEBI:53662) |
| phenformin (CHEBI:8064) is a biguanides (CHEBI:53662) |
| proguanil (CHEBI:8455) is a biguanides (CHEBI:53662) |