Abstract
Toluidine blue has been shown to have high specificity for the parathyroid, pancreas, and heart and has been useful in identifying parathyroid tissue at operation.1 35S-Toluidine blue shows a similar distributional pattern2 but since 35S is an α-emitting isotope this compound is not efficient for scintiscanning. We report here an efficient synthesis of seleno-toluidine blue (1) by a procedure suitable for the incorporation of 75Se, a γ-emitting isotope with a convenient half-life (121 days). This compound has physical and biological properties similar to those of toluidine blue and is thus an attractive candidate for diagnostic scintiscanning techniques3.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 902-904 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of Medicinal Chemistry |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 1 1974 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Molecular Medicine
- Drug Discovery
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