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Comparative Study
. 1982 Nov-Dec:5 Suppl 2:90-2.
doi: 10.2337/diacare.5.2.s90.

Less pronounced changes in serum potassium and epinephrine during hypoglycemia induced by human insulin (recombinant DNA)

K G Petersen, K J Schlüter, L Kerp
Comparative Study

Less pronounced changes in serum potassium and epinephrine during hypoglycemia induced by human insulin (recombinant DNA)

K G Petersen et al. Diabetes Care. 1982 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

Human insulin (recombinant DNA) and purified porcine insulin were compared in healthy men. Intravenous insulin tolerance tests showed identical effects on plasma glucose when a bolus of 0.1 U/kg was injected. Following human insulin, hypokalemia and epinephrine secretion were significantly less pronounced. The differences in serum potassium concentrations are caused by a lower epinephrine response to hypoglycemia induced by human insulin in comparison to purified porcine insulin.

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