CHEBI:6802 - metformin hydrochloride

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ChEBI Name metformin hydrochloride
ChEBI ID CHEBI:6802
Definition A hydrochloride resulting from the reaction of metformin with one molar equivalent of hydrogen chloride.
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Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:90684
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Formula C4H12ClN5
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 165.625
Monoisotopic Mass 165.07812
InChI InChI=1S/C4H11N5.ClH/c1-9(2)4(7)8-3(5)6;/h1-2H3,(H5,5,6,7,8);1H
InChIKey OETHQSJEHLVLGH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES NC(=N)NC(=N)N(C)C.Cl
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): environmental contaminant
Any minor or unwanted substance introduced into the environment that can have undesired effects.
Biological Role(s): xenobiotic
A xenobiotic (Greek, xenos "foreign"; bios "life") is a compound that is foreign to a living organism. Principal xenobiotics include: drugs, carcinogens and various compounds that have been introduced into the environment by artificial means.
Application(s): hypoglycemic agent
A drug which lowers the blood glucose level.
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Outgoing metformin hydrochloride (CHEBI:6802) has part metformin(1+) (CHEBI:90688)
metformin hydrochloride (CHEBI:6802) has role environmental contaminant (CHEBI:78298)
metformin hydrochloride (CHEBI:6802) has role hypoglycemic agent (CHEBI:35526)
metformin hydrochloride (CHEBI:6802) has role xenobiotic (CHEBI:35703)
metformin hydrochloride (CHEBI:6802) is a hydrochloride (CHEBI:36807)
Incoming Synjardy (CHEBI:90875) has part metformin hydrochloride (CHEBI:6802)
IUPAC Name
N,N-dimethylimidodicarbonimidic diamide hydrochloride
Synonyms Sources
1,1-Dimethylbiguanide hydrochloride ChemIDplus
1,1-Dimethylbiguanide monohydrochloride ChemIDplus
Dimethylbiguanide hydrochloride ChemIDplus
Metformin HCl ChemIDplus
Metformin monohydrochloride ChemIDplus
Metiguanide monohydrochloride ChemIDplus
N,N-Dimethylbiguanide hydrochloride ChemIDplus
N1,N1-Dimethylbiguanide ChemIDplus
Brand Name Source
Glucophage KEGG DRUG
Manual Xrefs Databases
D00944 KEGG DRUG
DB00331 DrugBank
Metformin Wikipedia
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
1115-70-4 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
1115-70-4 CAS Registry Number KEGG DRUG
3626131 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
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Last Modified
08 January 2016