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Preparation, Purification, and Characterization of Lanthanide Complexes for Use as Contrast Agents for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Published on: July 21, 2011
Evaluation of two lanthanide complexes for qualitative and quantitative analysis of target proteins via partial least
Hector Goicoechea1, Bidhan C Roy, Marina Santos
1Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida, P.O. Box 25000, Orlando, FL 32816-23366, USA.
Abstract:
Two lanthanide complexes, namely 5-aminosalicylic acid ethylenediaminetetraacetate europium(III) (5As-EDTA-Eu3+) and 4-aminosalicylic acid ethylenediaminetetraacetate terbium(III), were evaluated for the analysis of carbonic anhydrase, human serum albumin (HSA), and gamma-globulin. Quantitative analysis is based on their luminescence enhancement upon protein binding and qualitative analysis on their lifetime capability to recognize the binding protein. Analytical figures of merit are presented for the three proteins. The limits of detection with 5As-EDTA-Eu3+ are at the parts per billion level. Partial least square regression analysis is used to determine HSA and gamma-globulin in binary mixtures without previous separation at the concentration ranges typically found in clinical tests of human blood serum.
