Antidiabetic compounds

The bioslurry treatment successfully removed several of the PhC to non-detectable levels after 26 days three histamine H2-receptor antagonists (ranitidine, famotidine, cimetidine), two (1-blockers (atenolol, sotalol), one barbiturate (butalbital) and one antidiabetic compound (glibenclamide). The elimination of the sulfonamide antibiotics sulfapyridine (100%), sulfamethazine (91.0%) and... 

With the advent of modern techniques, instrumentation and automation in isolation and structural characterization, numerous antidiabetic compounds have been isolated, purified and identified from different natural sources, especially medicinal plants. This part summarizes promising natural chemical entities with diverse structures reported for their therapeutic activities against diabetes. These compounds are broadly categorized into alkaloids, terpenoids, flavonoids, and phenolics, including compounds from other groups. 

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Ichiki H, Miura T, Kubo M, Ishihara E, Komatsu Y, Tanigawa K, Okada M. (1998) New antidiabetic compounds, mangiferin and its glucoside. Biol Pharm Bull 21 1389-1390. 

Raju, J., Gupta, D., Rao, A.R. and Baquer, N.Z. (1999) Effect of antidiabetic compounds on glyoxalase I activity in experimental diabetic rat liver. Indian journal of Experimental Biology 37(2), 1 93-195. 

The cover illustration shows the antidiabetic compound rosiglitazone bound to the nuclear receptor PPAR-y see chapter 1). 

In order to examine the scope and limitations of our recently developed hydrobora-tion-homologation strategy, we have begun the synthesis of a more complex synthetic target, the antidiabetic compound Gliflumide (1) (Figure 1). Gliflumide is a... 

McKendry JBR, GfellerKF. Clinical experience with the oral antidiabetic compound tola -mide. Can Med Assoc J (1967) 96, 531-5. 

PPARy phosphorylation, whereas the differences in their agonistic potency conld explain the differences in their side effects [27]. With this new knowledge, effective and safe PPARy agonists designed as antidiabetic compounds must maximise the inhibition of PPARy phosphorylation at Ser273 while reducing the PPARy transactivation activity. 

Cheminformatic Tools for the Discovery of PPARy-Mediated Antidiabetic Compounds... 

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