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Insulin vs Diazoxide - What's the difference?

insulin | diazoxide |

As nouns the difference between insulin and diazoxide

is that insulin is insulin (polypeptide hormone) while diazoxide is a potassium channel activator which causes local relaxation in smooth muscle by increasing membrane permeability to potassium ions, used as a vasodilator to treat hypertension and in diabetes to decrease the secretion of insulin.

insulin

English

(wikipedia insulin)

Noun

  • A polypeptide hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism.

    • Derived terms

    * insulin-like growth factor / IGF

    diazoxide

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia diazoxide)
  • A potassium channel activator which causes local relaxation in smooth muscle by increasing membrane permeability to potassium ions, used as a vasodilator to treat hypertension and in diabetes to decrease the secretion of insulin.