Abstract
Summary
In the isolated rat liver perfusion system, with a blood flow of 25-30 ml / minute, the biological half-life of crystalline pork insulin was determined to be 14 minutes and pork nonsuppressible insulin-like activity (NSILA) 63 minutes. The prolonged half-life of NSILA is consistent with the apparent lack of change in serum concentration in clinical situations and under physiologic experimentation.
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