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Biguanide vs Phenformin - What's the difference?

biguanide | phenformin |

As nouns the difference between biguanide and phenformin

is that biguanide is the compound imidodicarbonimidic diamide derived from guanidine while phenformin is an antidiabetic drug of the biguanide class.

biguanide

English

Noun

(wikipedia biguanide)
  • (organic compound) The compound imidodicarbonimidic diamide derived from guanidine
  • Any of a class of antihyperglycemic and antimalarial drugs based upon this compound.

    • Derived terms

    * polyaminopropyl biguanide

    Synonyms

    * diguanide * 2-carbamimidoylguanidine

    phenformin

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia phenformin)
  • An antidiabetic drug of the biguanide class.