Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are one of the most commonly prescribed drugs that can reduce pain. This study aimed to measure the concentration of piroxicam and celecoxib in Iranian hospitals, as well as the effect of electron beam irradiation on the degradation of these pollutants in synthetic and real samples. The high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was used to detect the residual analytes in the samples.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSingle-domain antibodies (sdAbs) demonstrate favorable pharmacokinetic profiles for molecular imaging applications. However, their renal excretion and retention are obstacles for applications in targeted radionuclide therapy (TRT). Using a click-chemistry-based pretargeting approach, we aimed to reduce kidney retention of a fibroblast activation protein α (FAP)-targeted sdAb, 4AH29, for Lu-TRT.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExploring the chemical processes and factors influencing the stability of the blue color derived from anthocyanins is a crucial objective in agricultural and food chemistry research. The ability of these compounds to bind with metals could potentially stabilize anthocyanins extracted from plant-based foods or enable modifying their hues for application as natural food colorants. This study had two core objectives - first, to extract and identify the major anthocyanin pigments responsible for iris flower coloration.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOvarian cancer (OC) is the most lethal gynecologic malignancy (5-y overall survival rate, 46%). OC is generally detected when it has already spread to the peritoneal cavity (peritoneal carcinomatosis). This study investigated whether gadolinium-based nanoparticles (Gd-NPs) increase the efficacy of targeted radionuclide therapy using [Lu]Lu-DOTA-trastuzumab (an antibody against human epidermal growth factor receptor 2).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Due to the importance of choosing the applicable dosimetry method in radionuclide therapy, the present study was conducted to investigate the efficiency of the implementation of Dose Point Kernel (DPK) for dose optimization of Lu/Y Cocktail Radionuclides in internal Dosimetry.
Methods: In this study, simulations and calculations of DPK were performed using the GATE/GEANT4 Monte Carlo code. For specific liver dosimetry, the NCAT phantom and convolution algorithm-based Fast Fourier Transform method was used by MATLAB software.