Anti-diabetic Agent

Preferred Label : Anti-diabetic Agent;

NCIt synonyms : Antidiabetic Agent; Anti-diabetics;

NCIt definition : Any substance used to reduce hyperglycemia or treat disorders associated with diabetes. Based on their mechanism of action, this class of agents can be classified to the following groups: directly acting insulomimetics, which activates insulin receptors; indirectly acting insulinomimetics, which increase insulin release such as sulfonylureas or which potentiate the effect of insulin such as metformin; those act directly on the metabolism of glucose such as inhibitors of glucosidases and inhibitors of aldose reductase.;

Details

Origin ID

C29711;

UMLS CUI

C0935929;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Antidiabetic [ICHI extension code]
- hypoglycemic agent [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Antidiabetic [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Medicinal product acting as antidiabetic agent (product) [SNOMED CT concept]
- antidiabetic agent preparation, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- antidiabetics [MeSH concept]
- drugs used in diabetes [ATC Code]
- hypoglycemic agents [MeSH Descriptor]
False automatic mappings
- Antidiabetic agent (substance) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Pharmacologic Substance [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Antidiabetic agent (substance) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- Medicinal product acting as antidiabetic agent (product) [SNOMED CT concept]
- antidiabetic agent preparation, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- antidiabetics [MeSH concept]

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