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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1992
Chester A Mathis, Jr, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Anat Biegon, Rohovot, IL;
Scott E Taylor, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);
Joel D Enas, Pittsburg, CA (US);
The Regents, University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a substituted 6-nitroquipazine of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 are each selected from the group consisting of H, Fl, CL, Br, I, CF.sub.3, CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 F, CH.sub.3, CH.sub.2 CH.sub.3, and --CH(CH.sub.3).sub.2, and wherein one of R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 is other than H. Also disclosed is a method for measurement of serotonin uptake sites in a sample, in which a radioligand is incubated with a sample and then the radioactivity of the radioligand bound to the sample is determined, utilizing a radio labeled substituted 6-nitroquipazine as the radioligand. Also disclosed is a method of manufacture and method of use.