Published April 1981
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Journal article
Stabilization of sup(99m)Tc-pyrophosphate injection with gentisic acid
Creators
- 1. McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Ontario (Canada). Dept. of Nuclear Medicine
Description
The in vitro oxidation of sup(99m)Tc-labelled bone-scanning agents with the release of free sodium sup(99m)Tc-pertechnetate results in poor skeletal images. Gentisic acid (2,5-dihydroxy-benzoic acid), which has been used as an antioxidant to stabilize HEDP and HMDP kits, has now been shown to be an effective stabilizer for sup(99m)Tc-pyrophosphate injection and does not complete for the sup(99m)Tc-label. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Eur. J. Nucl. Med.
- Journal Volume
- 6
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Series
- Eur. J. Nucl. Med.
- Journal Page Range
- 153-154
- ISSN
- 0340-6997
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Germany
- Country of Input or Organization
- Germany
- INIS RN
- 13674307
- Subject category
- S38: RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY; S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANTIOXIDANTS; HYDROXY ACIDS; IMAGES; IN VITRO; IN VIVO; ISOMERIC NUCLEI; OXIDATION; PERTECHNETATES; PYROPHOSPHATES; RABBITS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SCINTISCANNING; SKELETON; STABILITY; TECHNETIUM 99
- Descriptors DEC
- ANIMALS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DRUGS; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LABELLED COMPOUNDS; MAMMALS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING; RADIOISOTOPES; TECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; VERTEBRATES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES