Medgenix Group S.a.

John R Thornback

Wassif Hussain

Marcel Deblaton

Kwok W Chiu

Gillian F Morgan

The present invention relates to a contrast agent for NMR imaging constituted by a complex between a chelating agent and paramagnetic metal cations, wherein said complex corresponds to the formula I: ##STR1## or a physiologically acceptable salt of this complex, in which formula: n and n' are whole numbers from 1 to 4

Contrast agent for NMR imaging comprising peptide structures

The subject of the present invention is compounds which correspond to the following general formula: ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 independently of one another represent H, an alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, arylalkyl or an alkylaryl group, a heterocycle, or groups which are unsubstituted or substituted, in particular by one or more hydroxyl or alkoxy groups or halogen;

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