1st Edition

Radiotracers in Drug Development

Edited By Graham Lappin, Simon Temple Copyright 2006
320 Pages
by CRC Press

320 Pages
by CRC Press

320 Pages
by CRC Press

Although there are numerous books on drug metabolism, Radiotracers in Drug Development is unique in explaining how radiotracers are used to elucidate a drug’s absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME). Covering traditional and recent technologies and applications, the book takes a strong industrial approach, discussing the basics of scintillation counting and untangling the... Read more
Radiotracers and Drug Registration. Radioactivity and Radiotracers. The Study of Drug Metabolism Using Radiotracers. DNA Binding, Isotope Dilution, and Other Uses of Radiotracers. Quantitative Whole-Body Autoradiography (QWBA). Scintillation Counting. Statistics in Liquid Scintillation Counting. Instrumentation for Detection of Radioactivity. Sample Preparation for Liquid Scintillation Counting. Biomedical Accelerator Mass Spectrometry. Positron Emission Tomography. Gamma Scintigraphy and SPECT.

Biography

Graham Lappin, Simon Temple