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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2012
Jong-seung Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sankarprasad Bhuniya, Seoul, KR;
Sumin Lee, Seoul, KR;
Kwan Soo Hong, Chungcheongbuk-do, KR;
Hyunseung Lee, Chungcheongbuk-do, KR;
Hyeyoung Moon, Chungcheongbuk-do, KR;
Jong-Seung Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sankarprasad Bhuniya, Seoul, KR;
Sumin Lee, Seoul, KR;
Kwan Soo Hong, Chungcheongbuk-do, KR;
Hyunseung Lee, Chungcheongbuk-do, KR;
Hyeyoung Moon, Chungcheongbuk-do, KR;
Korea University Researchand Business Foundation, Seoul, KR;
Korea Basic Science Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a new uridine nucleoside-based amphiphilic gadolinium complex and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent including the gadolinium complex. The MRI contrast agent has high relaxivity, high binding affinity for and stability in human serum albumin, pH response, and high liver specificity.