MATERIALS AND METhODS L, L-ethylenedicysteine, D, D-ethylenedicysteine and a mixture
of D, DL, L-and D, L-ethylenedicysteine were prepared according to literature procedures …

A few years ago 99mTc-ethylenedicysteine (99mTc-L, L-EC) had been proposed as an
interesting substitute for technetium-99m labeled mercaptoacetyltriglycine (MAG3) as renal …

99mTc-nitrido complexes of L, L-ethylene dicysteine (99mTcN-L, L-EC) and 99mTcN-L, L-
ethylene dicysteine diethylester (99mTcN-L, L-ECD) were prepared and their characteristics …

The preparation of technetium-99m aminopolycarboxylate complexes was carried out under
anerobic conditions using stannous ions as the reducing agent. Electrophoresis and thin …

Eleven different 99m Tc compounds having some relevance in clinical nuclear medicine
have been classified according to their localizing properties. The following classes of 99m …

The preparation of the 99m TcN-complexes of gluconate, EHDP, HIDA and PIPIDA by
substitution reactions of 99m TcNCl 4− is described. Studies of the distribution of these …

Nuclear medicine is a branch of medical imaging that uses radioactive tracers to examine
the function of body systems. The radionuclide used in about 90% of all examinations is …

Laboratory ofRadiopharmaceutical Chemistry JFW, KU Leuven and Department ofNuclear
Medicine, UZ Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium; and Maiinckrodt Medical, Inc., St. Louis …

Abstract.” 3+ 1” technetium-99m mixed-ligand complexes as relevant to the development of
a third generation of 99m Tc radiopharmaceuticals were investigated in vivo and in vitro in …

The importance of/sup 99/Tc in the development of diagnostic nuclear medicine, over the
past 30 yrs. is discussed. Tc-99 is the ideal radiotracer and since the introduction and …