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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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