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Buformin

An oral antidiabetic of the biguanide class, related to metformin and phenformin, synthesised in 1957; it was later withdrawn from the market in many countries. This family brings together the active ingredient.

Did you know?Its name reveals its structure: it is a butyl biguanide, made from butylamine and cyanoguanidine; it is not metabolised in the body and is excreted largely unchanged in the urine.

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