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. 2013 Jul 20;3(8):544–560. doi: 10.7150/thno.5634

Table 4.

Commercial SPIO.

Company Brandb Size (nm)a Coating
I) SPIO approved by FDA or under clinical trials from pharmaceutical companies
Guerbet,
AMAG
Pharm, Inc
Ferumoxidesd
AMI-25
Feridex/Endorem
120-180 Dextran T10
Ferumoxtran-10
AMI-227
Combidex/Sinerem
15-30 Dextran T10, T1
Bayer Schering Pharma AG Ferucarbotran
SHU 555A
Resovist
60 Carboxydextran
SHU 555C
Supravist
21 carboxydextran
Ferumoxytol
Code 7228
30 Polyglucose sorbitol carboxymethyl ether
GE-healthcare Feruglose
NC-100150
Clariscan
20 Pegylated Starch
Ferropharm VSOP-C184 7 Citrate
II) SPIO products from different chemical companies
Sigma-Aldrich Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles 5nm, 10nmc 1.0% modified short chain polyethylene glycol (PEG)
Oceannanotech IDX 5-10 Dextran
ILP 10, 20, 30 lipid
ILA 10, 20, 30 Lipid with terminal amine groups
SMG 10, 20, 30 Amphiphilic polymer, PEG
SHQ 10 Amphiphilic polymer, polydiallydimethylammounium chloride (PDDA)
SEI 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 Amphiphilic polymer, polyethylenimine (PEI)
SHP 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 Amphiphilic polymer with carboxylic acid groups
SHA 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 Amphiphilic polymer with amine groups, PEG
SXP 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 , 40 Amphiphilic polymer with carboxylic acid groups,
endotoxin free
Nanocomposix Magnetite nanoparticle 5.4nm Tetramethyl amine
NN-Labs, LLC Magnetic iron oxide nanocrystals in water 5, 10, 20
TurboBeads TurboBeads Amine 30 Primary aliphatic amine groups
Turbobeads Carboxyl 30 Carboxyl groups
Sciventions Magnetite 1-10 Polyacrylate sodium
Chemicell fluidMAG-ARA 50,75, 100, 150, 200 Glucuronic Acid
fluidMAG-Chitosan 50,75, 100, 150, 200 Chitosan
fluidMAG-CMX 50,75, 100, 150, 200 Carboxylmethyldextran
fluidMAG-D 50,75, 100, 150, 200 Starch
fluidMAG-DEAE 50,75, 100, 150, 200 DEAE-starch
fluidMAG-DX 50,75, 100, 150, 200 Dextran
fluidMAG-DXS 50,75, 100, 150, 200 Dextran-sulfate
BioPAL Molday ION™ 35 Rhodamine, C6amine,

a. Hydrodynamic size. b. all used brandnames of the same compound are listed. c. TEM size. d. Feridex® was discontinued byGuerbet, AMAG Pharm, Inc in 2009 because it competed with other MRI contrast agents sold by Guerbet, AMAG Pharm, Inc.