National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Phenformin

Synonyms

PHENFORMIN

Phenformin

Definitions

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.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C81700

CAS_Registry

114-86-3

Chemical_Formula

C10H15N5

code

C81700

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C116978

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C116977

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C63923

Contributing_Source

CTRP

FDA

DEFINITION

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.

Display_Name

Phenformin

FDA_UNII_Code

DD5K7529CE

FULL_SYN

PHENFORMIN

Phenformin

Has_Salt_Form

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C81696

label

Phenformin

Legacy Concept Name

Phenformin

Preferred_Name

Phenformin

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C81700

Semantic_Type

Pharmacologic Substance

UMLS_CUI

C0031404

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C98234

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