Labeling of Tannic Acid with Technetium-99m for Diagnosis of Stomach Ulcer

Table 4

Oral administration of ^99mTc-tannic acid in ulcer-bearing mice.

Organs andbody fluids	Percent I.D./gram organ
	Time after injection
	15 min	1 hr	2 hr
Blood	8.5 ± 1.10	7.0 ± 0.20*	3.5 ± 0.04*
Bone	4.0 ± 0.05	3.0 ± 0.10*	2.0 ± 0.10*
Muscle	3.0 ± 0.01	2.0 ± 0.02*	2.2 ± 0.10
Liver	3.5 ± 0.05	2.1 ± 0.15*	3.2 ± 0.16*
Lung	2.1 ± 0.10	3.1 ± 0.12*	3.5 ± 0.20*
Heart	1.0 ± 0.50	4.0 ± 0.50*	5.0 ± 0.01*
Stomach	18.0 ± 0.90	50.0 ± 0.60	20.0 ± 0.16*
Intestine	4.0 ± 0.50	14.0 ± 0.30*	7.0 ± 0.10*
Kidney	1.0 ± 0.40	2.5 ± 0.60	3.5 ± 0.30*
Spleen	1.0 ± 0.02	1.5 ± 0.24*	2.5 ± 0.20

Values represent mean ± SEM 𝑛=6
*Significantly different from previous value of each organ using unpaired Student’s 𝑡-test (𝑃<0.05).