Role Of Metformin In Infection

Abstract

Metformin is the most extensively used type II diabetes drug which has shown probable usages in other disease domain in the capacity of an anticancer, anti-ageing, weight management, cardioprotective, neuroprotective etc. It has also been observed that metformin use is associated with reduced risk of hospital acquired infections. It has shown to be potent against multiple numbers of pathogens, which expand metformin scope from anti-diabetic to an anti-infective agent. Nibedita Rath* Open Source Pharma Foundation, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore, 560012, India Role of Metformin in Infection Citation: Rath N (2020) Role of Metformin in Infection. J Cell Biol Cell Metab 7: 019.