Published August 5, 1974 | Version v1
Patent

New radiopharmaceuticals for cholescintigraphy

Description

The use and chemical preparation of sup(99m)Tc-pyridoxal or any amino acid derivitive of pyridoxal labelled with technetium-99m or other radionuclide is described. These compounds include sup(99m)Tc-pyridoxylidenemethioninate, sup(99m)Tc-pyridoxylidenetyrosinate and in particular sup(99m)Tc-pyridoxylideneglutamate. The substances specified above all show sufficient accumulation in the gall bladder to enable this organ to be visualised by scintiscanning. (author)

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
9p.
IPC:
Int. Cl. A61K 27/04; Nat. Cl. 87.16.
IPC
Int. Cl. A61K 27/04; Nat. Cl. 87.16.
Patent number
AU patent document 74/72054/A/

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Notes
Open to public inspection 5 Feb 1976, copies available from the Commissioner of Patents, Canberra.