Published January 1993 | Version v1
Journal article

Robotic synthesis of [11C]CH3-methionine with isolation by solid-state extraction

Description

Robotic technology is developed for preparing radiopharmaceutical grade 11CH3-methionine to be used in positron-emission tomography of the brain in order to estimate the rate of protein biosynthesis. The technology is based on the synthesis of 11CH3-methionine from [11C]-CH3I and DL-homocysteinethiolactone with subsequent isolation of the product by solid-state extraction. The activity of the resulting product is 0.13-0.17 Ci, the specific activity is 325-850 Ci/mmole, the total synthesis time from the end of bombardment is 16-19 min, and the radiochemical yield based on 11CH3I corrected for 11C decay is 60%

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Journal Title
Soviet Radiochemistry
Journal Volume
34
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 393-396.
ISSN
0038-576X
CODEN
SVRDAX

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Cover-to-cover Translation of Radiokhimiya (USSR).