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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2001
Jaime Simon, Angleton, TX (US);
R. Keith Frank, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Alan D. Strickland, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Jaime Simon, Angleton, TX (US);
R. Keith Frank, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Alan D. Strickland, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention concerns the use of a radioiodinated phenolic compound of the formulawherein: m and n are independently 0, 1, 2 or 3, X is a group that is negatively or positively charged at physiological pH, R, R, Rand Rare independently hydrogen, C-Calkyl, or a carboxyl group, and I* isI,I orI, and its pharmaceutically-acceptable salts. The compound is formulated and used in vivo in an animal in brachytherapy in an implantable catheter. In addition, due to the rapid renal clearance of these compounds, they may be used to study renal function. A process to prepare these compounds is also disclosed.