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Myocardial fibrosis is one of the important pathological mechanisms in cardiac diseases. Non-invasive evaluation of fibrosis is of great clinical significance. Fibroblast activation protein (FAP) is selectively expressed in the membrane of activated fibroblasts. Radionuclide labeled FAP inhibitors (FAPI) serve as novel imaging agents, which specifically target to the process of fibrotic remodeling. This article reviews the research progress of radionuclide labeled FAPI PET imaging in cardiac diseases.
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This study was aimed to establish a quantitative method for the determination of agarotetrol in agarwood to control its quality. The HPLC analysis was performed on a Diamonsil C18 column (4.6 mm í 250 mm, 5 μm), eluted with a mobile phase of water with 0.1% formic acid and acetonitrile in gradient mode with the flow rate of 0.7 mL·min-1. The detection wavelength was set at 252 nm. The column temperature was 30oC. The results showed that the separation of agarotetrol and adjacent peaks were more than 1.5, which achieved a baseline separation. A good lin-earity (r = 0.999 8) was observed in the range of 2.0-125.0 μg·mL-1, with the average recovery of 102.75%. The a-garotetrol cannot be less than 0.15% based on the data of Agarwood samples. It was concluded that the method was accurate and reliable to determine the content of agarotetrol, which can be used for the quality control of agarwood.