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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 18.
Published in final edited form as: Inorg Chem. 2012 Nov 5;52(4):1694–1700. doi: 10.1021/ic3017613

Table 1.

Comparison of the r1 of CA-9 and various polyfunctional MRI CAs reported in the literature.

Contrast Agents per Gd r1 (mM−1s−1) Gd3+/molecule Molar relaxivity
Omniscan® (7T) 4.2 1 4.2
CA-9 (7T) 13.8 (±0.49) 12 155.9
[11a]Cyclodextrin-(DTTA)7 (9.4T) 6.2 7 43.4
[11b]Cyclodextrin-(DOTA)7 (1.4T) 12.2 (±0.54) 7 85.4
[15b]Metallostar-(DTTA)6 (9.4T) 8.5 6 -

Molar relaxivity is based on the actual number of Gd per closomer (~11.3) determined from an ICP-OES analysis.