Insulin Sources,Types of Insulin - Beef,Porcine,Mixed,Human Insulin

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Dr. Dhruv K. Singh,
M.B.B.S., F.C.G.P.
Diabetologist
Diabetes Endocrine Nutrition Management and Research Centre (DENMARC)

Dr. H. B. Chandalia,
M.D., F.A.C.P.
Director
Diabetes Endocrine Nutrition Management and Research Centre (DENMARC)
Endocrinologist and Diabetologist,
Jaslok Hospital, Breach Candy Hospital and Lilavati Hospital

Insulin Sources

The insulins available for routine clinical use are derived from three sources beef, pork and human (recombinant).

Types of Insulin

The insulins available now are the "pure" varieties and contain negligible risks of immunogenicity. These are of four types - beef, porcine, mixed and human insulin

Beef insulin differs from human insulin in three amino acids, namely A8, A 10 and B 30.

Porcine insulin differs from human insulin in only one amino acid i.e. B30 position. Thus, porcine insulin is less immunogenic than beef insulin.

Mixed insulin contains a mixture of bovine and porcine insulin and it is more antigenic than single species

Human insulin is pure and has the same amino acid structure as that of native insulin. They are made by genetic engineering or by transformation from porcine insulin by substituting alanine with threonine in the B30 position.

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