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Improving the stability of insulin in solutions containing intestinal proteases in vitro

Liefeng Zhang1, Hui Jiang1, Wenjie Zhu1

  • 1Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Supramolecular Medicinal and Applications, College of Life Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097, P.R. China.

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
|March 31, 2009
PubMed

Keywords:
Protectioncaseincyclodextrindegradationinsulinprotamine

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