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Vitamin B-12 cobalt-57 and process

US4133951A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 17, 1976
Grant dateJan 9, 1979
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Expiry dateMar 17, 1996

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N33/60
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of making radioactively labelled vitamin B-12 by reacting .alpha.-(5,6-dimethylbenzimidazolyl)hydrogenobamide with cobaltous ion Co-57, or with another radioactive cobalt isotope. The method enables vitamin B-12 of high specific activity to be made, which is useful for in vitro and in vivo analysis.

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