TABLE 2

Biodistribution of Radioactivity After Administration of 11C-5MA

BiodistributionTime after injection (min)
25153060
Blood1.73 ± 0.351.35 ± 0.021.09 ± 0.060.83 ± 0.110.42 ± 0.02
Intestine3.08 ± 0.583.22 ± 0.562.47 ± 0.132.44 ± 0.341.90 ± 0.39
Liver7.29 ± 1.307.80 ± 0.365.53 ± 0.334.09 ± 0.522.34 ± 0.24
Kidney20.0 ± 3.9918.2 ± 0.1921.6 ± 4.216.94 ± 1.094.88 ± 0.93
Stomach2.01 ± 0.172.79 ± 0.342.56 ± 0.133.52 ± 0.522.19 ± 1.00
Spleen3.31 ± 0.685.46 ± 0.974.28 ± 0.524.14 ± 1.831.57 ± 0.82
Pancreas7.77 ± 1.087.00 ± 1.233.30 ± 0.121.93 ± 0.220.88 ± 0.24
Heart4.87 ± 1.602.94 ± 0.511.53 ± 0.211.12 ± 0.300.62 ± 0.34
Lung7.14 ± 2.465.78 ± 0.782.42 ± 0.461.54 ± 0.290.94 ± 0.32
Brain1.23 ± 0.121.66 ± 0.092.24 ± 0.122.19 ± 0.241.87 ± 0.21
Br/Bl*0.71 ± 0.151.23 ± 0.072.06 ± 0.192.65 ± 0.234.28 ± 0.46
  • * Br/Bl = brain-to-blood ratio (percentage of injected 11C dose/gram of organ ratio).

  • Biodistribution of radioactivity is expressed as percentage of injected 11C dose/gram of organ (mean ± SD for 4 mice).