| Term Name: | metformin |
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| Synonyms: | 1,1-dimethylbiguanide, dimethylbiguanide, dimethyldiguanide, LA 6023, LA-6023, metformin, metformina, metformine, metforminum, N(1),N(1)-dimethylbiguanide, N,N-dimethylbiguanide, N,N-dimethyldiguanide, N,N-dimethylguanylguanidine, N,N-dimethylimidodicarbonimidic diamide, N,N-dimethyltriimidodicarbonic diamide |
| Definition: | A member of the class of guanidines that is biguanide the carrying two methyl substituents at position 1. |
| Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:6801] ( EBI ) |