Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 13-17 , January 2011

The stability of methyl-, ethyl- and fluoroethylesters against carboxylesterases in vitro: there is no difference

  • Lukas Nics

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
    • Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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  • Daniela Haeusler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
    • Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics, University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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  • Wolfgang Wadsak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
    • Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
  • ,
  • Karl-Heinz Wagner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
  • ,
  • Robert Dudczak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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  • Kurt Kletter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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  • Markus Mitterhauser

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
    • Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics, University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
    • Hospital Pharmacy of the General Hospital of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. Tel.: +43 1 40400 1557; fax: +43 1 40400 1559.

Received 31 May 2010 ,Revised 29 June 2010 ,Accepted 1 July 2010.

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PII: S0969-8051(10)00329-X

doi: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2010.07.004

Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 13-17 , January 2011