1,1-Dimethylbiguanide Hydrochloride, MP Biomedicals

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1,1-Dimethylbiguanide Hydrochloride, White Powder

• It has various medical uses such as in polycystic ovary syndrome, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and diabetes mellitus type 2.
• It may also reduce weight gain in people taking atypical antipsychotics. 1,1-Dimethylbiguanide hydrochloride is suitable biguanide agent used in a study to investigate its role in enhancing the secretions of plasma active glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) levels.
• 1,1-Dimethylbiguanide, Hydrochloride (Metformin) is a biguanide antihyperglycemic agent. 1,1-Dimethylbiguanide hydrochloride (metformin) is a strong base.
• It forms well defined salts and possessing excellent coordination capacity with transition metals, forming highly colored bidentate chelate complexes.
• Metformin (MET) exists in various forms: diprotonated (H2MET)2+ in strong acidic solution, monoprotonated (HMET)+ in weak acid, MET in neutral and deprotonated (MET)- in strong alkali solution. It is an oral antidiabetic drug.
• Pharmacokinetics of metformin has been studied. Determination of metformin in human plasma has been described by simple HPLC-UV method.[5] Metformin is reported to increase plasma active glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) in humans