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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1996
Yasuyoshi Watanabe, Minoo-shi, Osaka, JP;
Hironori Omura, Fukuyama-shi, Hiroshima, JP;
Yuji Furuya, Fukayasu-gun, Hiroshima, JP;
Bengt Langstrom, S-751 85 Uppsala, SE;
Gunnar Antoni, S-751 85 Uppsala, SE;
Other;
Abstract
The present invention provides a labelled .beta.-cyano-L-alanine and a .gamma.-cyano-.alpha.-aminobutyric acid, of which cyano group carbon is labelled with radionuclide .sup.11 C or .sup.14 C, or stable isotope .sup.13 C. The present invention also provides a labelled amino acids such as asparagine, asparatic acid, DABA, GABA, glutamine and glutamic acid synthesized by using the labelled .beta.-cyano-L-alanine and the .gamma.-cyano-.alpha.-aminobutyric acid as an intermediate. The labelled amino acids are useful for in vivo imaging of tumors and brain functions.