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carbon-11 acetate

The acetate salt of the radioisotope carbon-11. Although the mechanism is unclear, carbon-11 acetate preferentially accumulates in tumor tissue, serving as a tracer for imaging tumors with positron emission tomography (PET).
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Synonym:[11C] acetate
11C-acetate
C-11 acetate
C11 acetate
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