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US 5,688,485 AGranted
Radiolabelled complexes of ester-substituted diaminethiols
AssigneeThe DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company
InventorThomas David Harris
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Abstract
This invention relates to compounds and methods for use in determining renal function by means of scintigraphic urography. More specifically, this invention relates to radionuclide complexes of ester-substituted diaminethiols, radiopharmaceutical compositions comprising said complexes, kits for the preparation of said compositions, and a method of using said compositions for examining renal function. Compounds of this invention have the formula: ##STR1## wherein the various groups are as defined herein.
Claims4
The compound:
- (D,L)-N,N'-1,2-ethylenediylbiscysteine, diethyl ester and pharmaceutically suitable salts thereof.
The compound:
- syn-Tc-99m-(D,L)-N,N'-1,2-ethylenediylbiscysteine, diethyl ester and pharmaceutically suitable salts thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.