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. 2013 Oct 31;8:4077–4089. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S51684

Table 3.

The half-life of blood radioactive concentration of [14C]-SPION and [59Fe]-SPION after intravenous injection in male and female Sprague Dawley rats (n=5, mean ± standard deviation)

[14C]-SPION
[59Fe]-SPION
Male Female Male Female
t1/2 (min) 24.53 ± 7.42 26.47 ± 8.11 15.81 ± 3.11 14.57 ± 2.64

Abbreviations: min, minutes; SPION, superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles; n, number.