acetohexamide

Also known as Dymelor®, N-(p-Acetylphenylsulfonyl)-N'-cyclohexylurea, 4-Acetyl-N-((cyclohexylamino)carbonyl)benzenesulfonamide, 1-((p-Acetylphenyl)sulfonyl)-3-cyclohexylurea, Dymelor

Acetohexamide (trade name Dymelor) is a first-generation sulfonylurea medication used to treat diabetes mellitus type 2, particularly in people whose diabetes cannot be controlled by diet alone.

Research

311 papers

Acetohexamide.2006
Sulfonylureas, First Generation.2012
CURRENT THERAPEUTICS. CCII. ACETOHEXAMIDE.The Practitioner · 1964
Urate excretion.Annual review of medicine · 1977
In Vitro Investigations of Acetohexamide Binding to Glycated Serum Albumin in the Presence of Fatty Acid.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020

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Mass: 324.114378

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chemical formula: C₁₅H₂₀N₂O₄S
isomeric SMILES: CC(=O)C1=CC=C(C=C1)S(=O)(=O)N/C(=N\C2CCCCC2)/O
canonical SMILES: CC(=O)C1=CC=C(C=C1)S(=O)(=O)NC(=O)NC2CCCCC2
World Health Organisation international non-proprietary name: acetohexamide
defined daily dose: 0.5
stylized name: acetoHEXAMIDE
Commons category: Acetohexamide

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Acetohexamide (trade name Dymelor) is a first-generation sulfonylurea medication used to treat diabetes mellitus type 2, particularly in people whose diabetes cannot be controlled by diet alone.

==Mechanism of action==