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. 2021 Feb;62(2):149–155. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.120.260455

TABLE 1.

PSMA-11 Precursor Specifications

Criteria Acceptance
Specific filling
 Amount of filling 1 mg ± 10%
 Identity (HPLC) Reference retention time ± 0.5 min
 Impurities (HPLC) Any unspecified impurity ≤ 2.0%
Total impurities ≤ 6.0%
 Bioburden/vial TAMC ≤ 100 cfu
TYMC ≤ 10 cfu
 BET (LAL) ≤ 10 IU/vial
Bulk precursor batch
 Appearance White to off-white solid
 Monoisotopic mass (net peptide) 946.1 ± 1 m.u.
1H-NMR Conforms to structure
13C-NMR Conforms to structure
 Impurities (HPLC) Any unspecified impurity ≤ 2.0%
Total impurities ≤ 3.0%
 Residual solvents (GC) Acetonitrile ≤ 5,000 ppm
Tertbutylmethylether ≤ 5,000 ppm
 Water (GC) ≤ 10%
 Heavy metals (ICP-MS) Iron ≤ 100 ppm;
Copper ≤ 100 ppm;
Zinc ≤ 100 ppm;
Palladium ≤ 100 ppm
 Assay (HPLC) ≥50%
 Trifluoroacetic acid (GC) ≤40%

HPLC = high performance liquid chromatography; TAMC = total anaerobic microbial count; TYMC = total yeast/mold count; BET = bacterial endotoxin test; LAL = limulus amebocyte lysate; NMR = nuclear MR; GC = gas chromatography; ICP-MS = inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.