Tracers / [11C]AMT

[11C]AMT

Also written as [11C]AMT; [C-11]AMT; AMT; C-11 AMT; C-11-AMT
Radionuclide
C-11 t½ 20.36 min
Modality
PET
Production route
Stage
Syntheses indexed
3

What it is

Compound class
alpha-[11C]methyl-L-tryptophan, a tryptophan-based amino acid PET radiotracer
Target / mechanism
Tryptophan hydroxylase (serotonin synthesis pathway) / tryptophan metabolism PMID 39179904
Clinical application
Healthy volunteers undergoing functional PET/fMRI imaging of reward processing and serotonin synthesis dynamics PMID 39179904
Theranostic pair
<a href="/tracers/at211-amt/">at211-amt</a>

Regulatory status

FDA
EMA (centralised)
Other approvals
Brand names

Clinical use

Typical injected activity
Uptake time

Reported in the literature. Not a dosing recommendation.

Published syntheses

ModuleCassettePurificationYield %RCP %Precursor / supplierSource
13 ± 7.5 %
yes
exceeding 95 %40306184
2025 Nucl Med Biol
adaptation of the GE TRACERlab FX2 C module for [11C]AMT production using both a half-manual approach and a semi-automated method incorporating a 16-way valve system — decay-corrected radiochemical yields of 13 ± 7.5 % (half-manual)
10.4 ± 4.1 %
yes
exceeding 95 %40306184
2025 Nucl Med Biol
adaptation of the GE TRACERlab FX2 C module for [11C]AMT production using both a half-manual approach and a semi-automated method incorporating a 16-way valve system — 10.4 ± 4.1 % (semi-automated)
HPLC5.3±1.2%
no
>99%27150033
2016 Nucl Med Biol
based on an Eckert and Ziegler Modular-Lab system — 5.3±1.2% (n=6, non-decay-corrected) overall radiochemical yield

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Quality control Preliminary — inferred from compound class

Ph. Eur. monograph
USP monograph
AppearancepHRCP HPLCRCP TLCHPLC UVRadionuclidic (HPGe)Half-lifeActivityEndotoxins (LAL)SterilityFilter integrity
How this set was arrived at. base set per Ph. Eur. general monograph 0125 (rule); organic-phase radiosynthesis assumed from isotope/compound class, no synthesis data confirming it -> GC residual solvents (preliminary)

Tests listed by reference only. Monograph texts are copyrighted and are not reproduced here. How these are derived

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Notes

Added from reverse module search (stage 6); 3 article(s) with C-11.