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SUBMITTER: Maharvi GM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3931458 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Maharvi Ghulam M GM Bharucha Adil E AE Fauq Abdul H AH
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters 20120623 9
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is used to evaluate gastrointestinal (GI) structure and functions in humans. Despite filling the viscus lumen with a contrast agent, visualization of the viscus wall is limited. To overcome this limitation, we de novo synthesized a conjugate that covalently combines a Gd-based MRI contrast agent, encaged with a chelating agent (DOTA), with pantoprazole, which is a widely used proton pump inhibitor that binds to proton pumps in the stomach and colon. The DOTA link ...[more]