Glimepiride tablets are an oral blood-glucose-lowering drug of the sulfonylurea class. Glimepiride is a white to yellowish-white, crystalline, odorless to practically odorless powder
Chemically, glimepiride is identified as 1-[[p-[2-(3-ethyl-4-methyl-2-oxo-3-pyrroline-1-carboxamido) ethyl]phenyl]sulfonyl]-3-(trans-4-methylcyclohexyl)urea.
The Molecular Formula for Glimepiride is: C24H34N4O5S.
The molecular weight is 490.62.
Glimepiride is practically insoluble in water.