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Hypoglycemics having a lower toxicity than vanadium and an adequate stability and exerting an adequate fat-soluble insulin-like effect; and medicinal preparations having an insulin-like effect and being useful as preventives and remedies for diabetes. Hypoglycemics comprising organic zinc (II) complexes which contain as the ligand selected from among ligands having pyridine ring, ligands having pyrone ring, ligands having thiazolidine ring, ligands comprising amino acids, ligands comprising 2-aminothio-phenols and ligands comprising pyrrolinedithiocarbamic acids; and medicinal preparations containing the above-described organic zinc (II) complexes which are useful as remedies for diabetes. |