This page lists insulins with zinc suspensions. ^[1]

Trade names:

Semilente Insulins
	Short acting Non-soluble
Porcine/Pork	Insulinum semilente CHO
Porcine/Pork	Novo Semilente MC (No longer produced.)
Bovine/Beef Porcine/Pork	Iletin I Semilente (No longer produced.)

These fall into the category of short-acting insulins.

Lente Insulins
	Intermediate acting Non-soluble
Bovine/Beef	Hypurin Bovine Lente Betasint Bovine Lente
Bovine/Beef	Iletin Lente (No longer produced.)
Bovine/Beef Porcine/Pork	Iletin I Lente (No longer produced.) [2]
Porcine/Pork	Betasint Porcine Lente, Lente CHO
Porcine/Pork	Monotard Pork (No longer produced.) Iletin II Lente (No longer produced.) [3]
R-DNA	Monotard, Novolin L (No longer produced.) Humulin L, Humulina L, Humulin Lente Humuline Long, Umuline Zinc Compose Huminsulin Long, Humutard Huminsulin L, Humulin Lenta (No longer produced.)

The following are lente type zinc suspension insulins but since they are produced for use in animals, they are not found in BNF, but in its sister veterinary formulary.

Lente Insulins
	Intermediate acting Non-soluble
Bovine/Beef	Insuvet Lente (No longer produced.)
Porcine/Pork	Caninsulin, Vetsulin

These fall into the category of intermediate-length insulins.

British Pharmacopia ^[4] defines Ultralente-type insulins as: A sterile neutral (neutral used here refers to the pH, not to the fast-acting insulin known as neutral or R) suspension of bovine insulin or of human insulin in the form of a complex obtained by the addition of a suitable zinc salt; consists of rhombohedral crystals (10-40 microns).

Trade names:

Ultralente Insulins
	Long acting Non-soluble
R-DNA	Humulin U, Humulin Zn Humulina Ultralenta, Humuline Ultralong Umuline Zinc, Huminsulin Ultralong (No longer Produced.) Novolin U, Ultratard Humulin Ultralenta, Humulin Ultralente (No longer produced.)
Bovine	Iletin Ultralente (No longer produced.)
Bovine/Beef Porcine/Pork	Iletin I Ultralente (No longer produced.)

These fall into the category of long-acting insulins.

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ Dumitriu, Severian (2001). Polymeric Biomaterials, Revised and Expanded 1104. CRC Press.
2. ↑ Iletin I Lente-Beef/Pork Insulin Shown at Right.
3. ↑ Carton Image-Iletin II Lente.
4. ↑ British Pharmacopia-Ultralente Insulin

More InformationEdit

• Lente Insulins-Injectable Suspensions-West Virginia University College of Pharmacy-2009