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. 2022 Dec 26;15(1):70. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15010070

Table 4.

Dissolution of solid target for GE PETtrace cyclotron and purification of [68Ga]GaCl3.

Target
Dissolution
Separation of Target Material and Purification Formulation Time (min) EOP (GBq) [68Ga]GaCl3 Molarity (Volume) EOS (GBq) AMA (GBq/µmol) Ref.
S: 7 M HCl
V: 0.5 mL
R: TK400 resin
C: 7M HCl (5 mL)
W: 7 M HCl (28 mL), 0.05 M HCl (0.7 mL)
E: 0.05 M HCl (3.5 mL)
NA 32 a 3.31 0.05 M HCl (3.5 mL) 1.56 b 7.1 [38]
S: 10 M HCl
V: 10 mL
T: <10 min
R: 5 g of 50W-X4
C: 10 M HCl (25 mL)
W: 10 M HCl (30 mL)
E: 4 M HCl (12 mL)
R: 100 mg UTEVA®
C: 4 M HCl (10 mL)
W: 4 M HCl (10 mL)
E: 0.05 M HCl (2 mL)
10 NR 0.05 M HCl (2.0 mL) NR 6.7 ± 0.8 [22]
S: 9.5 M HCl V: 2 mL
T: 2 min
R: UTEVA
L: Pre-dilution4 M HCl (11.5 mL)
W: 10 mL of 4 M, HCl and 10 mL of 2.5 M HCl
E: 2 mL water and re-distributed into 10 mL of 4 M HCl
R: UTEVA
W: 20 mL of 2.5 M HCl
E: 1 mL water
23 18 ± 2 Water (1 mL) 86 ± 22 c [34]
S: 30% HCl (~90 °C)
V: 2 mL
R: 250 mg ZR resin. W:15 mL of 30% HCl
E: 8 mL of 1 M HCl and passed through a LN Resin
R: TK200 resin.
W: Nitrogen purging
E: 2.5 mL of 0.1 M HCl
35 194 d 0.1 M HCl (2.5 mL) 72.2 25 e [32]

S: Solution; V: Volume; T: Time; R: Resin; C: Conditioning; L: Load W: Wash; E: Elution; NR: Not reported. a From dissolution until end of purification; b 68Zn target (23 mg) was irradiated at 14.5 MeV and 30 mA for 15 min to give 6.30 GBq; c DOTA; d Production run number 4; e DOTA.