Question
Why can't insulin be given orally to diabetic patients?
NEET
Chemistry
Biomolecules
2025
NEET 2025
NEET Chemistry Question (2025) — Solution
Options
- A. Human body will elicit strong immune response
- B. It will be digested in Gastro-Intestinal (GI) tract
- C. Because of structural variation
- D. Its bioavailability will be increased
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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