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. 2021 Dec 29;2021:1815178. doi: 10.1155/2021/1815178

Table 1.

The two main classes of incretin-based antidiabetic drugs.

Classes Approved forms Mechanisms of action Ref.
GLP-1RA Exenatide (exendin-4), Albiglutide, liraglutide, lixisenatide, semaglutide, dulaglutide Agonists of intrinsic incretins [9, 15]
DPP-4i Sitagliptin, saxagliptin, vildagliptin, linagliptin Inhibit incretin inactivation [24, 25]