IJSRP, Volume 5, Issue 6, June 2015 Edition [ISSN 2250-3153]
Monica A. Valtierra-Alvarado, M. Pamela Solano-García, María del Refugio González-Ponce, José J. N. Segoviano-Garfias
Abstract:
Metformin is prescribed against Diabetes Mellitus II, nevertheless its mechanisms of action are not fully understood. Several studies suggest that mitochondrial copper is chelated by metformin and the properties of the copper-metformin complex could generate the therapeutic activity.