Metformin in therapeutic applications in human diseases: its mechanism of action and clinical study

Abstract Metformin, a biguanide drug, is the most commonly used first-line medication for type 2 diabetes mellites due to its outstanding glucose-lowering ability. After oral administration of 1 g, metformin peaked plasma concentration of approximately 20–30 μM in 3 h, and then it mainly accumulated...

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Main Authors: Yang Du, Ya-Juan Zhu, Yi-Xin Zhou, Jing Ding, Ji-Yan Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer 2022-12-01
Series:Molecular Biomedicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43556-022-00108-w