doi:10.1038/nrgastro.2012.156
2 Effects of metformin on the gastrointestinal tract 2.1 Effects on glucose uptake and absorption PET-CT imaging-based studies have found that metformin modulates glucose in the intestine ( 18 F-FDG as a contrast agent, PET-CT technology was used to reflect changes in body metabolism through the uptake of the contrast agent by the lesion, where 18 F-FDG is a glucose analog that indicates the degree of glucose uptake and is generally used clinically to quantify tissue metabolism (Paydary et al., 2019)
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Similar effects had already been observed in animals
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