Tracers / [18F]FMAU
[18F]FMAU
Also written as [18F]FMAU; [F-18]FMAU; FMAU
- Radionuclide
- F-18 t½ 109.77 min
- Modality
- PET
- Production route
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- Stage
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- Syntheses indexed
- 5
What it is
- Compound class
- Radiolabelled pyrimidine nucleoside analogue (arabinofuranosyl-uracil derivative)
- Target / mechanism
- Thymidine kinase-mediated phosphorylation and incorporation into DNA (marker of DNA synthesis) PMID 12468521
- Clinical application
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- Theranostic pair
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Regulatory status
- FDA
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- EMA (centralised)
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- Other approvals
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- Brand names
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Clinical use
- Typical injected activity
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- Uptake time
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Reported in the literature. Not a dosing recommendation.
Published syntheses
| Module | Cassette | Purification | Yield % | RCP % | Precursor / supplier | Source |
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| In-house / custom built | custom manifold | HPLC+SPE | 28±7% yes | — | uracil precursor | 23702795 2013 Appl Radiat Isot 1-(2′-deoxy-2′-[18F]fluoro-β-D-arabinofuranosyl)thymine (D-[18F]FMAU) was also synthesized on the system using the same protocol as for D-[18F]FAC — with a decay-corrected radiochemical yield of 28±7% (n=3) |
| ELIXYS FLEX/CHEM Sofie Biosciences | vendor cassette | HPLC | 46 ± 1 yes | >99% | 2-O-(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)-1,3,5-tri-O-benzoyl-alpha-l-ribo-furanose and 5-methyl-2,4-bis[(trimethylsilyl)oxy]pyrimidine ABX | 23849185 2013 EJNMMI Res an automated three-reactor radiosynthesizer (ELIXYS) — 46% ± 1% (n = 6) and 31% ± 5% (n = 6), respectively |
| — | — | HPLC | 20 ± 4% yes | >99% | 2-deoxy-2-[(18)F]fluoro-1,3,5-tri-O-benzoyl-d-arabinofuranose | 22503457 2012 Nucl Med Biol Microwave-assisted one-pot radiosynthesis of 2'-deoxy-2'-[18F]fluoro-5-methyl-1-β-d-arabinofuranosyluracil ([18F]-FMAU). — The overall radiochemical yield was 20 ± 4% (decay corrected, n=3). |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 22191612 2011 Curr Radiopharm |
| — | — | HPLC | 12±3% yes | >99% | — | 21315275 2011 Nucl Med Biol a fully automated synthesis of [(18)F]-FMAU based on a one reactor radiosynthesis module — [(18)F]-FMAU was obtained in 12±3% radiochemical yield (decay corrected overall yield based on [(18)F]-F(-), n=4) |
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Get in touchQuality control Preliminary — inferred from compound class
- Ph. Eur. monograph
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- USP monograph
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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); conventional nucleophilic 18F-fluorination assumed from isotope/compound class, no synthesis data confirming K222 use -> Kryptofix test (preliminary)
Tests listed by reference only. Monograph texts are copyrighted and are not reproduced here. How these are derived
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Get in touchNotes
Added from reverse module search (stage 6); 4 article(s) with F-18.