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Preferred term

Insulin, Isophane  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Hagedorn Insulin, Protamine
  • Insulin, NPH
  • Isophane Insulin, Regular
  • Neutral Protamine Hagedorn Insulin
  • NPH Insulin
  • Protamine Hagedorn Insulin
  • Regular Isophane Insulin

Scope note

  • An intermediate-acting INSULIN preparation with onset time of 2 hours and duration of 24 hours. It is produced by crystallizing ZINC-insulin-PROTAMINES at neutral pH 7. Thus it is called neutral protamine Hagedorn for inventor Hans Christian Hagedorn.

History note

  • 2009 (1963); for INSULIN, PROTAMINE ZINC use INSULIN, LONG-ACTING 1966-2011

In other languages

  • isofaani-insuliini

    Finnish

  • nph-insuliini
  • Isofaninsulin

    Swedish

  • Neutral Protamin Hagedorn insulin
  • NPH-insulin
  • Protamin Hagedorn insulin
  • Protamin zinkinsulin

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007336

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