pharmaceuticals Review Sugar-Lowering Drugs for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Metabolic Syndrome—Review of Classical and New Compounds: Part-I Raquel Vieira 1 , Selma B. Souto 2, Elena Sánchez-López 3,4 , Ana López Machado 4, Patricia Severino 5,6 , Sajan Jose 7 , Antonello Santini 8 , Ana Fortuna 9,10, Maria Luisa García 3,4, Amelia M. Silva 11,12 and Eliana B. Souto 1,13,* 1 Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra (FFUC), Pólo das Ciências da Saúde, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal;
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