Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – In vivo diagnosis or in vivo testing – Magnetic imaging agent
Patent
1994-03-03
1995-09-26
Dees, Jose G.
Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
In vivo diagnosis or in vivo testing
Magnetic imaging agent
424 942, 424 95, 424 165, 514492, 514502, 534 16, 556 1, 556148, 562565, 562566, A61K 4900, A61K 3132, A61K 31295
Patent
active
054532647
ABSTRACT:
A compound of the following formula ##STR1## wherein m is an integer of 1 to 3, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same or different and each is hydrogen atom or lower alkyl, and R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are the same or different and each is hydroxy or a ##STR2## (wherein n is 0 or 1, X is --NH-- or --O--, Y is alkylene, A is hydrogen atom, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, halogen atom or trifluoromethyl, and B is alkyl or alkenyl), with the proviso that two or three of R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are hydroxyl groups and that when two of them are hydroxyl groups, the cases where R.sub.3 and R.sub.5 are hydroxy, and R.sub.4 and R.sub.6 are hydroxy are excluded; a complex compound comprising said compound and a metallic atom; and a diagnostic agent containing said complex compound. The above compound is useful as a chelating agent and the complex compound comprising said compound and a metallic atom exhibits superior characteristics as a contrast medium for image diagnosis.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5138039 (1992-08-01), Seri et al.
Imagawa Takashi
Kim Sang-Won
Kozuka Takahiro
Marukawa Taro
Miyagi Ikuko
Dees Jos,e G.
Nazario-Gonzalez Porfirio
The Green Cross Corporation
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