Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (02): 426.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0251-0790.2012.02.038

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Synthesis and Properties of a Novel Contrast Agent

YANG Xiao-Lu1, YANG Xing-Wang1, HUANG Yan1, ZHANG Qi1,2, WU Jing-Bo1, CAO Ben-Nan2, ZHANG Xiao-Yan1   

  1. 1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China;
    2. Hainan University, Hainan Provincial Key Lab of Fine Chemicals, Haikou 570228, China
  • Received:2011-03-01 Online:2012-02-10 Published:2012-01-13

Abstract: Chitosan oligosaccharides(CSn, n=6, 8, 11) with narrow molecular weight distribution and low polymerization degree were introduced into diethylenetriamine pentaacetic(DTPA) by acylation reaction. The synthesized novel ligands were coordinated to Mn2+, then the paramagnetic Mn2+-based complexes were gained. The structures of synthesized ligands and the corresponding complexes were characterized by IR, elemental analysis, and ICP-AES. The longitudinal relaxivities(r1) were measured. The results show that r1 of Mn-DTPA-CSn are higher than that of commercial contrast agent Gd-DTPA. Besides, the thermodynamical parameters of the interaction between the functional complexes and bovine serum albumin(BSA) were conducted by isothermal titration calorimetry(ITC).

Key words: Contrast agent, Chitosan, Relaxivity, Isothemal titration calorimetry(ITC)

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