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1Australian Radiation Laboratory, Yallambie.
Abstract:
The chromatographic and in vivo behaviour in mice of the 99mTcN- and 99mTc(Sn)-complexes of 2-mercaptopyridine, 2-mercaptopyrimidine, thiouracil, 6-mercaptopurine and thioguanine is compared. The biological distribution of the 99mTcN-complexes is generally different to that of the 99mTc(Sn)-complexes of the same ligand with the difference being very dependent on the structure of the ligand. The 99mTcN-mercaptopyrimidine complex has potential as a blood-cell labelling agent.
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