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TIL that drugs in the SGLT-2 Inhibitor class(Jardiance/Empagliflozin being the most common), increasingly popular drugs used to treat Diabetes, Kidney Disease, and Heart Failure, were synthesized based on a compound found in apple tree bark.

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