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SULFAMIDES HYPOGLYCEMIANTS [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pharmacodynamics
OBS

In the fifties, sulpha-based oral hypoglycemics were developed.

OBS

hypoglycemic: an agent that acts to lower the level of glucose in the blood.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pharmacodynamie
OBS

Un certain nombre de dérivés du sulfanilamide, également obtenus par une modification de la chaîne latérale sulfamidée, sont susceptibles d'abaisser la glycémie, propriété qu'ils doivent à leur action stimulatrice des cellules B des îlots de Langerhans. Ils sont donc utilisés dans le traitement du diabète, associés ou non à l'insuline

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