Formulation: A crystalline solid
Formal Name: N-[[trans-4-(1-methylethyl)cyclohexyl]carbonyl]-D-phenylalanine
Purity: ≥98%
Formula Markup: C19H27NO3
Formula Weight: 317,4
Shelf life (days): 1460
CAS Number: 105816-04-4
Notes: Nateglinide is a hypoglycemic agent.{38370,38371,38372} It induces insulin and somatostatin release from perfused rat pancreas when used at concentrations ranging from 0.03 to 3 μM.{38370} Nateglinide (3 µM) increases intracellular calcium levels in isolated rat pancreatic β cells, an effect that can be inhibited by the L-type calcium channel blocker nitrendipine (Item No. 17549). Nateglinide-induced secretion of insulin and somatostatin and calcium influx is also reversed by the potassium channel activator diazoxide (Item No. 14576). Oral administration of nateglinide (1.6 mg/kg) reduces blood glucose levels by 20% in fasted mice.{38371} It also decreases blood glucose levels in an oral glucose tolerance test in normal rats, genetically diabetic KK mice, and a rat model of diabetes induced by streptozotocin (STZ; Item No. 13104).{38372} Formulations containing nateglinide have been used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes.