Metformin
Metformin (dimethylbiguanide) is an orally administered drug used to lower blood glucose concentrations in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM).1 It imp...
Publications
2 shownBiguanides and NIDDM
The main biguanides, metformin and phenformin, were introduced in 1957 as oral glucose-lowering agents to treat non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). Phenformin was w...
Frequent Co-Authors
Researcher Info
- h-index
- 2
- Publications
- 2
- Citations
- 2,290
- Institution
- Aston University
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Identifiers
- ORCID
- 0000-0002-6998-6811
Impact Metrics
h-index
2
h-index: Number of publications with at least h citations each.