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ea0034p203 | Obesity, diabetes, metabolism and cardiovascular | SFEBES2014

Effects of transdermally delivered insulin on some selected metabolic parameters of streptozotocin-induced diabetic male Sprague–Dawley rats

Hadebe Silindile I , Ngubane Phikelelani S , Serumula Metse R , Musabayane Cephas T

The tight glycaemic control in type 1 diabetes which requires uncomfortable multiple insulin injections is associated with patientsÂ’ non-compliance. Therefore, methods which can sustain therapeutic controlled insulin release into the blood based on topical applications may be beneficial with glycaemic control. Accordingly, the present study investigated whether topically applied pectin insulin (PI) amidated matrix patch sustains insulin release into the bloodstream and co...