Published February 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

The advances of 18F labelling amino acid

  • 1. Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai (China). Shanghai Inst. of Nuclear Research

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The selecting criteria of amino acid suitable for evaluation of brain tumors is introduced. Three methods for 18F labelling amino acids, namely Balz-Schiemann reaction, electrophilic fluorination and nucleophilic fluorination, are compared. The results show that nucleophilic substitution is the best method for 18F labelling amino acid

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Journal Title
Journal of Isotopes
Journal Volume
15
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 46-50
ISSN
1000-7512