X-ray contrast agent
AssigneeKarlshamns LipidTeknik AB
InventorsBengt Hersl of, K.ang.re Larsson, Stig Bengmark
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Abstract
The present invention refers to a phospholipid-based compound, that is a phospholipid to which an X-ray contrast-giving moiety has been covalently linked, liposomes comprising said compound as well as the use of said liposomes as a diagnostic or contrast agent.
Claims31
A phospholipid-based compound which comprises a phospholipid to which an x-ray contrast-giving moiety has been covalently linked by means of an ester or an amide bond.
A method of preparing an x-ray contrast agent which comprises covalently linking an x-ray contrast-giving moiety to a phospholipid by means of an ester or an amide bond.
Method of providing a non-toxic x-ray contrast agent for x-ray diagnosis comprising:
- administering to a host a phospholipid-based compound comprising a phospholipid to which the x-ray contrast giving moiety has been linked by means of an amide bond to a terminal amino group of said phospholipid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.