Question

A group of students are reviewing information about oral diabetic agents. The students demonstrate understanding of these agents when they identify which agent as reducing glucose production from the liver?

Answer 1

Answer: Metformin

Explanation:

Metformin is beneficial for the treatment of type 2 diabetes millets. It can slow down the accelerated hepatic gluconeogenesis or by increasing the secretion of insulin by the pancreas.

Metaformin performs thus by reducing the amount of enzyme phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase and glucose 6- phosphate in the body. This way the glucose production in the hepatic cells of the liver will be restricted.

Metformin is an agent which is used can be used as a reducing agent for glucose production from the liver.