14:0 PE-DTPA (Gd)
1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-N-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (gadolinium salt)
Lipid nanoparticles containing DMPE-DTPA(Gd) provide high quality contrast enhanced vascular MRI at 97% reduced dose of Gd and do not rely on renal clearance.
Structure as shown by Cormode, D.P. et al
Cormode, D.P., T. Skajaa, M.M. van Schooneveld, R. Koole, P. Jarzyna, M.E. Lobatto, C. Calcagno, A. Barazza, R.E. Gordon, P. Zanzonico, E.A. Fisher, Z.A. Fayad, and W.J. Mulder. (2008). Nanocrystal core high-density lipoproteins: a multimodality contrast agent platform. Nano Lett 8:3715-23. [PubMed]