biguanide

/ baɪˈɡwɑːnaɪd /

noun

1. any of a class of compounds some of which are used in the treatment of certain forms of diabetes See also phenformin

Word History and Origins

Origin of biguanide¹

C19: from bi- ¹+ guanidine + -ide

Example Sentences

Notably, the biguanide sensitivity of cancer cells with mtDNA mutations was reversed by ectopic expression of yeast NDI1, a ubiquinone oxidoreductase that allows bypass of complex I function.

From Nature

Similarly, cell lines with impaired glucose utilization exhibit biguanide sensitivity specifically under the low glucose conditions seen in the tumour microenvironment.

From Nature

Similarly, cell lines with impaired glucose utilization exhibit biguanide sensitivity specifically under the low glucose conditions seen in the tumour microenvironment.

From Nature

Similarly, cell lines with impaired glucose utilization exhibit biguanide sensitivity specifically under the low glucose conditions seen in the tumour microenvironment.

From Nature

When the researchers delivered an even higher dose of metformin, this time by injection, the tumor burden shrank by 72 percent, says study coauthor Phillip Dennis of the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md. Metformin is a drug in the biguanide class.

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