A biguanide hypoglycemic agent used in the treatment of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus not responding to dietary modification. Metformin improves glycemic control by improving insulin sensitivity and decreasing intestinal absorption of glucose. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p289)
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Dimethylnitrosamine. : Guidance manual for the minimisation of NDMA and other nitrosamines in drinking and recycled water / Gayle Newcombe, Julie Culbert, Jim Morran
An ethanol-inducible cytochrome P450 enzyme that metabolizes several precarcinogens, drugs, and solvents to reactive metabolites. Substrates include ETHANOL; INHALATION ANESTHETICS; BENZENE; ACETAMINOPHEN and other low molecular weight compounds. CYP2E1 has been used as an enzyme marker in the study of alcohol abuse
Dimethylpolysiloxanes -- analysis : Progress in silicones and silicone-modified materials / Stephen J. Clarson, editor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, Michael J. Owen, editor, Michigan Molecular Institute, Midland, Michigan, United States, Steven D. Smith, editor, Procter and Gamble, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, Mark Van Dyke, editor, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States, Michael Brook, editor, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Joseph Mabry, editor, AFRL, Andrews Air Force Base, California, United States ; sponsored by the ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry
2013
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Dimethyltryptamine. : Drugs Inc.: Motor City Rush - Series 3, Ep 9 of 10 / Director: Barosley, John Joe
Vision considered to be inferior to normal vision as represented by accepted standards of acuity, field of vision, or motility. Low vision generally refers to visual disorders that are caused by diseases that cannot be corrected by refraction (e.g., MACULAR DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY, etc.)
Dimitrov, Georgi, 1882-1949 -- Diaries : The diary of Georgi Dimitrov, 1933-1949 / introduced and edited by Ivo Banac ; German part translated by Jane T. Hedges, Russian by Timothy D. Sergay, and Bulgarian by Irina Faion
Dimocarpus longan. : Tropical fruit pests and pollinators : biology, economic importance, natural enemies, and control / edited by J.E. Peña, J.L. Sharp, and M. Wysoki