Spectrophotometric determination of Sn+2 in lyophilized kit for labeling with 99mTc

RESUMO

The preparation of 99mTc labeled radiopharmaceuticals depends on the reduction of the technetium pertechnetate, commonly by stannous chloride (SnCl2). The determination of the Sn+2 contents in the lyophilized preparations represents an important quality control procedure that may be applied to the process and to the final product. The objective os this work is the optimization of an spectrophotometric assay to the determination os Sn+2 contents in a citrate-stannous lyophilized kit for 99mTc labeling. The spectrophotometric methodology employed is based in the colour development when Sn+2 reacts with sodium molibdate in the presence of potasium thiocianate in chloridric medium. The colourfull reaction studied showed high stability after 60 minutes of the mixtures preparation. The sequence of reagents introduction in the reaction mixture was determinant to the assay. The molibdenium-stannous-tiocianate sequence produces calibration curves with good correlations (R2 > 0.99). The concentrations of the molibdenium solution was also studied, in order to determine a ideal concentration for the Sn+2 range. The spectrophotometric method studied was usefull to the determination of Sn+2 content in different batches of citrate-stannous preparations. The method was fast and easy and can be applied to different stages of the production process, in order to guarantee the content of Sn+2 in the preparations.