Tyr3-octreotide   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 5649

Synonyms: SMS 204,090 | TOC | Tyr3-SMS 201,995
Comment: This is an analogue of octreotide. Tyr3-octreotide can be radio-labelled (e.g. with technetium-99) for use in nuclear medicine to image neuroendocrine tumours expressing the somatostatin receptor [1].
References
1. Orocio-Rodríguez E, Ferro-Flores G, Santos-Cuevas CL, Ramírez Fde M, Ocampo-García BE, Azorín-Vega E, Sánchez-García FM. (2015)
Two Novel Nanosized Radiolabeled Analogues of Somatostatin for Neuroendocrine Tumor Imaging.
J Nanosci Nanotechnol, 15 (6): 4159-69. [PMID:26369025]