Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2002, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (10): 1837.

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Arabinogalactan as a Carrier for Contrast Agent in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

SUN Guo-Ying, FENG Jiang-Hua, JING Feng-Ying, PEI Feng-Kui   

  1. Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
  • Received:2001-12-26 Online:2002-10-24 Published:2002-10-24

Abstract: Arabinogalactan-Gd-DTPA was synthesized by the reaction of diethylenetriaminepenta-acetic acid(DTPA) bisanhydride with polysaccharide in dry DMSO and characterized by FTIR, elemental analysis and ICP-AES. Its stability was investigated by competition with Ca2+, EDTA, DTPA. The t1-relaxivity is 8.06 mmol-1·L·s-1 in D 2O, 8.48 mmol-1·L·s-1 in 0.725 mmol·L-1 BSA, respectively. t1-weighted MR imaging of rat kidney and liver showed a remarkable enhancement post injection of Arabinogalactan-Gd-DTPA. The results indicate that the arabinogalactan-Gd-DTPA is a potential contrast agent for MRI.

Key words: Arabinogalactan, Magnetic resonance imaging, Contrast agent, Relaxivity

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