How to quantify iron in an aqueous or biological matrix: a technical note.
Iron oxide (nano)particles are powerful contrast agents for MRI and tags for magnetic cellular labeling. The need for quantitative methods to evaluate the iron content of contrast media solutions and biological matrixes is thus obvious. Several convenient methods aiming at the quantification of iron from iron oxide nanoparticle-containing samples are presented.
Boutry
Sébastien
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Department of General, Organic and Biomedical Chemistry, NMR and Molecular Imaging Laboratory, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium.
Forge
Delphine
D
Burtea
Carmen
C
Mahieu
Isabelle
I
Murariu
Oltea
O
Laurent
Sophie
S
Vander Elst
Luce
L
Muller
Robert N
RN
D003124:Colorimetry / Q000379:methods*; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000737:chemistry; D005290:Ferric Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D007501:Iron / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D019169:Jurkat Cells; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic
D003287:Contrast Media; D005290:Ferric Compounds; C000499:ferric oxide; D007501:Iron