insulin degludec
English edit
Etymology edit
From international scientific vocabulary, from insulin + de + glu + dec, an acronymically constructed postpositive modifier, reflecting "the same amino acid sequence as human insulin except for the removal of threonine in the position 30 of the B chain (Des-B30, "de") and the attachment, via a glutamic acid linker ("glu"), of a 16-carbon fatty diacid (hexadecanoic diacid, "dec") to lysine in the position 29 of the B chain."[1]
Noun edit
insulin degludec (uncountable)
- An ultralong-acting basal insulin analogue used to control diabetes.
Hypernyms edit
Coordinate terms edit
- Insulin analogues as pharmaceutical drugs:
References edit
- ^ Marcos Antonio Tambascia and Freddy Goldberg Eliaschewitz (2015 June 26) “Degludec: the new ultra-long insulin analogue [review]”, in Diabetology and Metabolic Syndrome, volume 7, , section 57.