Radiolabelling pharmaceutical aerosols

Radiolabelling of Pharmaceutical Aerosols and Gamma Scintigraphic Imaging for Lung Deposition... 

The first attempt to radiolabel drug particles (instead of polymers like polystyrene or Teflon particles) for pharmaceutical aerosols was carried out on fenoterol and salbutamol by Kohler et al. [12] Scheme 3). However, it was later found that their method would change the particle size distribution of the labelled aerosol, resulting in a coarser aerosol than the imlabelled product. After subsequent improvement by Summers et al. [18] Scheme 4), this method has become widely used for radiolabelling MDIs. It is preferred over other methods as it does not involve extraction with tetraphenylarsonium chloride and chloroform. 

Hak-Kim Chan, Ph.D. Senior Lecturer, Faeulty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Radiolabelling of Pharmaceutical Aerosols and Gamma Scintigraphic Imaging for Lung Deposition... 

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