Gadopentetic acid

Gadopentetic acid

Clinical data
AHFS/Drugs.com	Consumer Drug Information
ATC code	V08CA01 (WHO)
Pharmacokinetic data
Biological half-life	Distribution half life 12 minutes, elimination half 100 minutes
Identifiers
CAS Number	86050-77-3 Y
PubChem CID	55466
DrugBank	DB00789 Y
ChemSpider	50087 Y
UNII	RH248G8V27
KEGG	D01707 Y
ChEBI	CHEBI:31797 Y
ChEMBL	CHEMBL1200431 N
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C14H18GdN3O10
Molar mass	545.56 g·mol−1
3D model (Jmol)	Interactive image
SMILES [Gd+3].[O-]C(=O)CN(CCN(CC(=O)O)CC([O-])=O)CCN(CC([O-])=O)CC(=O)O.O[C@H]([C@@H](O)CNC)[C@H](O)[C@H](O)CO.O[C@@H](CNC)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@H](O)CO
InChI InChI=1S/C14H23N3O10.2C7H17NO5.Gd/c18-10(19)5-15(1-3-16(6-11(20)21)7-12(22)23)2-4-17(8-13(24)25)9-14(26)27;2*1-8-2-4(10)6(12)7(13)5(11)3-9;/h1-9H2,(H,18,19)(H,20,21)(H,22,23)(H,24,25)(H,26,27);2*4-13H,2-3H2,1H3;/q;;;+3/p-3/t;2*4-,5+,6+,7+;/m.00./s1 Y Key:LGMLJQFQKXPRGA-VPVMAENOSA-K Y
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Gadopentetic acid is one of the trade names for a gadolinium-based MRI contrast agent, usually administered as a salt of a complex of gadolinium with DTPA (diethylenetriaminepentacetate) with the chemical formula A₂[Gd(DTPA)(H₂O)]; when cation A is the protonated form of the amino sugar meglumine the salt goes under the name "gadopentetate dimeglumine". It was described in 1981 and introduced as the first MRI contrast agent in 1987. It is used to assist imaging of blood vessels and of inflamed or diseased tissue where the blood vessels become "leaky". It is often used when viewing intracranial lesions with abnormal vascularity or abnormalities in the blood–brain barrier. It is usually injected intravenously. Gd-DTPA is classed as an acyclic, ionic gadolinium contrast medium. Its paramagnetic property reduces the T1 relaxation time (and to some extent the T2 and T2* relaxation times) in NMR, which is the source of its clinical utility.

Marketed as Magnevist by Bayer Schering Pharma, it was the first intravenous contrast agent to become available for clinical use, and is in widespread use around the world. Similar contrast agents are Magnetol manufactured by Soreq, Dotarem (gadoterate) Guerbet, MultiHance (gadobenate dimeglumine) and ProHance (gadoteridol) manufactured by Bracco, Omniscan (gadodiamide) manufactured by GE Healthcare, and OptiMARK (gadoversetamide) manufactured by Mallinckrodt.