Classification  |
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| Compound class | Endogenous peptide in human, mouse or rat |
| Approved drug? | Yes (source: FDA (1982)) |
| International Nonproprietary Names |
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| INN number | INN |
| 5186 | insulin human |
| Database Links |
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| Specialist databases | |
| IMGT/mAb-DB | 707 |
| Other databases | |
| DrugBank Ligand | DB00030 |
| Ensembl Gene | ENSG00000254647 (Hs) |
| Search PubMed clinical trials | insulin human |
| Search PubMed titles | insulin human |
| Search PubMed titles/abstracts | insulin human |
| UniProtKB | P01308 (Hs) |
| Wikipedia | Insulin |
| Comments |
| The biologically active peptide is a heterodimer of an A chain and a B chain linked by two disulphide bonds. The structure of approved drug insulin regular (which the link to DrugBank outlines) is identical to native human insulin. While recombinant human insulin was approved by the FDA in 1982, insulin from pigs was used for several decades prior to this date. |
