Nuclear Medicine Program progress report for quarter ending December 31, 1989

In this report the use of a simple colorimetric assay employing the bisthiosemicarbazone (TSC) derivative of phenylglyoxal to evaluate the specific activity of spallation-produced copper-67 (Cu-67) samples is described. Four samples from the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and one sample from...

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Main Authors: Knapp, F.F. Jr., Ambrose, K.R., Callahan, A.P., McPherson, D.W., Mirzadeh, S., Srivastava, P.C., Allred, J.F., Hasan, A., Lambert, C.R., Lambert, S.J., Rice, D.E.
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Published: 2020
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Online Access:http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/7026860
https://www.osti.gov/biblio/7026860
https://doi.org/10.2172/7026860
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Summary:In this report the use of a simple colorimetric assay employing the bisthiosemicarbazone (TSC) derivative of phenylglyoxal to evaluate the specific activity of spallation-produced copper-67 (Cu-67) samples is described. Four samples from the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and one sample from the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) were analyzed and the results compared in a blind study'' with specific activity values obtained by isotope coupling plasma (ICP) analysis at the production sites. A good comparison was found, and these results indicate that the TSC approach is a simple, inexpensive, and rapid technique to determine the specific activity of spallation-produced Cu-67. The synthesis, radioiodination, and evaluation of deiodination in rats in vivo of two new maleimide agents for antibody labeling is also described. 3 figs., 1 tab.