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Table 1 Properties of the Gd-G5-doxorubicin dendrimer

From: Recent progress towards development of effective systemic chemotherapy for the treatment of malignant brain tumors

PAMAM

dendrimer

generation

(G)

Terminal amines (#)

Naked

dendrimer

molecular weight

(kDa)

Gd-G5-doxorubicin dendrimer molecular weight (kDa)

Gd-DTPA conjugation (%)

Doxorubicin conjugation (%)

Molar relaxivity (mM-1s-1)

G5

128

29#

85‡

48.1

7.8

10.1&

  1. # molecular weight of naked PAMAM dendrimer obtained from Dendritech, Inc.
  2. ‡molecular weight measured by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry
  3. &molar relaxivity of Gd-DTPA measured to be 4.1 mM-1s-1