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Phenformin hydrochloride

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-016008

The hydrochloride salt form of phenformin, an agent belonging to the biguanide class of antidiabetics with antihyperglycemic activity. Phenformin is not used clinically due to the high risk of lactic acidosis that is associated with its use.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-016008
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNational Cancer Institute Thesaurus (CC BY 4.0)
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-016008",
  "term": "Phenformin hydrochloride",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "The hydrochloride salt form of phenformin, an agent belonging to the biguanide class of antidiabetics with antihyperglycemic activity. Phenformin is not used clinically due to the high risk of lactic acidosis that is associated with its use.",
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/phenformin-hydrochloride/"
}

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