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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2003
Masayuki Kawakami, Minami-ashigara, JP;
Hiroshi Kitaguchi, Minami-ashigara, JP;
Kai Licha, Falkensee, DE;
Christin Perlitz, Berlin, DE;
Hiroaki Eguchi, Kawanishi, JP;
Natsuko Tsuda, Nishinomiya, JP;
Kazuhiro Aikawa, Minami-ashigara, JP;
Masayuki Kawakami, Minami-ashigara, JP;
Hiroshi Kitaguchi, Minami-ashigara, JP;
Kai Licha, Falkensee, DE;
Christin Perlitz, Berlin, DE;
Hiroaki Eguchi, Kawanishi, JP;
Natsuko Tsuda, Nishinomiya, JP;
Kazuhiro Aikawa, Minami-ashigara, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Schering Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin, DE;
Abstract
A near infrared fluorescent contrast agent which is excellent in permeability in a living tissue and enables specific imaging of tumor and/or blood vessel, comprising a compound represented by formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R, R, R, and Rrepresent a C-Calkyl group or the like; R, R, R, R, R, R, R, and Rrepresent a hydrogen atom, a C-Calkyl group, an aryl group or the like; Xand Xrepresent a C-Calkyl group or an aryl group and Xand Xin total have 0 to 4 carboxyl groups; m, m, and mrepresents 0 or 1; Lto Lindependently represent a methine group; M represents a hydrogen atom, a metal, or a quaternary ammonium salt; and n represents an integer of 1 to 7 necessary for neutralizing charge.