NEET2025ChemistryBiomoleculesActual
Why can't insulin be given orally to diabetic patients?
Options
- AHuman body will elicit strong immune response
- BIt will be digested in Gastro-Intestinal (GI) tract
- CBecause of structural variation
- 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.