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. 2017 Aug;58(8):1216–1223. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.116.173179

TABLE 1.

Biodistribution of 11C-Sarcosine in Major Organs of Rats (%ID/g)

Organ 5 min 15 min 30 min 60 min 90 min
Brain 0.090 ± 0.021 0.109 ± 0.014 0.138 ± 0.042 0.114 ± 0.031 0.115 ± 0.051
Eyeballs 0.194 ± 0.034 0.212 ± 0.028 0.168138 ± 0.049 0.115 ± 0.030 0.111 ± 0.022
Heart 0.462 ± 0.130 0.455 ± 0.028 0.325138 ± 0.040 0.217 ± 0.036 0.198 ± 0.049
Lung 1.049 ± 0.126 1.159 ± 0.179 0.821138 ± 0.145 0.531 ± 0.056 0.467 ± 0.094
Liver 1.291 ± 0.541 1.100 ± 0.354 1.013138 ± 0.417 0.633 ± 0.169 0.662 ± 0.159
Pancreas 1.068 ± 0.618 1.218 ± 0.370 1.106 ± 0.153 1.045 ± 0.695 0.960 ± 0.551
Spleen 0.626 ± 0.041 0.623 ± 0.125 0.493 ± 0.041 0.392 ± 0.011 0.398 ± 0.091
Adrenal 0.620 ± 0.166 0.555 ± 0.021 0.503 ± 0.056 0.398 ± 0.153 0.474 ± 0.318
Kidney 3.004 ± 1.114 2.776 ± 0.607 1.774 ± 0.362 1.260 ± 0.254 0.956 ± 0.129
Stomach 1.032 ± 0.319 1.033 ± 0.074 0.861 ± 0.169 0.610 ± 0.097 0.541 ± 0.050
Ovary* 0.863 ± 0.170 0.786 ± 0.031 0.727 ± 0.063 0.432 ± 0.004 0.375 ± 0.008
Uterus* 0.724 ± 0.068 0.508 ± 0.200 0.447 ± 0.169 0.522 ± 0.220 0.181 ± 0.018
Testes* 0.071 ± 0.054 0.172 ± 0.012 0.122 ± 0.007 0.114 ± 0.025 0.079 ± 0.001
Muscle 0.140 ± 0.040 0.206 ± 0.015 0.224 ± 0.047 0.226 ± 0.067 0.164 ± 0.032
Bone 0.752 ± 0.543 0.604 ± 0.071 0.506 ± 0.076 0.37 ± 0.038 0.265 ± 0.101
Blood 0.396 ± 0.247 0.423 ± 0.028 0.245 ± 0.054 0.179 ± 0.034 0.196 ± 0.035
*

n = 2 animals used for these values.