The terminal half-life (t1⁄2) is therefore a measure of the absorption rather than of the elimination per se of insulin from plasma (insulin in the blood stream has a t1⁄2 of a few minutes).
Ngakho-ke, i-T 1/2 kungenzeka ukuthi ibe yisilinganiso sokumunca, kunokuba kube yisilinganiso sangempela sokususa i-insulin kuyi-plasma (i-T 1/2 ye-insulin ephuma egazini imizuzu embalwa kuphela).