The synthesis of NOTA–β-Ala-Gly-Gly-Ile-Glu-Phe-Asp-CHO (mNOTA-GZP) and characterisation details have been described previously [16 (link)]. The radiosynthesis of [18F]AlF-mNOTA-GZP has also been described previously [16 (link)]. No-carrier-added aqueous [18F]fluoride ion was produced via the [18O(p,n)18F] nuclear reaction (GE PETtrace 860 cyclotron). Quality control analytical radio-HPLC was performed on a UFLC Shimazdu HPLC system equipped with dual-wavelength UV detector and a NaI/PMT-radiodetector (Flow-Ram, LabLogic). Radioactivity measurements were made with a CRC-55tPET dose calibrator (Capintec, USA). [18F]AlF-mNOTA-GZP was formulated as a colourless solution of 10% ethanol in saline (pH = 7.4) with a nondecay corrected radiochemical yield of 12-18%, a radiochemical purity of 99%, and molar activity of 50-81 GBq/μmol (n = 3) after a total reaction and purification time of 50 minutes.
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