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NEET 2025
Exam
NEET
Year
2025
Subject
Chemistry
Chapter
Biomolecules

NEET 2025 · Chemistry · Biomolecules

Why can't insulin be given orally to diabetic patients?

Why can't insulin be given orally to diabetic patients?

Options

  1. AHuman body will elicit strong immune response
  2. BIt will be digested in Gastro-Intestinal (GI) tract
  3. CBecause of structural variation
  4. DIts bioavailability will be increased

Correct answer

B. It will be digested in Gastro-Intestinal (GI) tract

Step-by-step solution

Insulin can't be administered orally to diabetic patients as being the proteinaceous molecule, it will be digested in gastro-intestinal tract.
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