Therapeutic Insulin

Preferred Label : Therapeutic Insulin;

NCIt synonyms : Insulin; Recombinant Insulin;

NCIt definition : A synthetic or animal-derived form of insulin used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus. Therapeutic insulin is formulated to be short-, intermediate- and long-acting in order to individualize an insulin regimen according to individual differences in glucose and insulin metabolism. Therapeutic insulin may be derived from porcine, bovine or recombinant sources. Endogenous human insulin, a pancreatic hormone composed of two polypeptide chains, is important for the normal metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and fats and has anabolic effects on many types of tissues.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: A synthetic or animal-derived form of insulin used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus.;

CAS number : 11061-68-0; 9004-10-8;

NSC code : 88206;

ChEBI ID : CHEBI:5931;

Codes from synonyms : 01731;

Details

Origin ID

C581;

UMLS CUI

C1533581;

False automatic mappings
- insulin (human) [Substance BNPC]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- insulin (beef) [ATC Code]
- insulin (beef) [ATC Code]
- insulin (beef) [ATC Code]
- insulin (beef) [ATC Code]
- insulin (human) [ATC Code]
- insulin (human) [ATC Code]
- insulin (human) [ATC Code]
- insulin (human) [ATC Code]
- insulin (pork) [ATC Code]
- insulin (pork) [ATC Code]
- insulin (pork) [ATC Code]
- insulin (pork) [ATC Code]
Semantic type(s)
- Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein [UMLS semantic type]
- Hormone [UMLS semantic type]
- Pharmacologic Substance [UMLS semantic type]
Validated automatic mappings to BTNT
- insulin (human) [ATC Code]
Validated automatic mappings to NTBT
- Insulin [SMS substance]
- Insulin [LOINC component]
concept_is_in_subset
- CDISC SDTM Diabetes Therapy Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Agent Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]
- GDC Terminology [NCIt concept]
- GDC Value Terminology [NCIt concept]
- NCI Drug Dictionary Terminology [NCIt concept]
has_target
- Insulin Receptor [NCIt concept]

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