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Stable isotope tracers for magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy

Eurisotop offers a wide array of compounds labeled with 13C, 15N, 17O, and deuterium for magnetic resonance spectroscopy experiments. These tracers are designed to measure the conversion from one metabolite to a different metabolite by creating unique positional isotopomers that can be differentiated using magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

13C
15N
17O
Deuterium (D)

Common applications

Researchers use these stable isotope tracers, in combination with NMR or mass spectrometry, to study metabolic flux — the rate at which a metabolite is converted along a biochemical pathway. Typical examples include D-glucose (13C6) and L-glutamine (13C5), used to trace central carbon metabolism and the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle in cultured cells.

🧠 Neurodegeneration

Alzheimer's and Parkinson's research

🧭 Cancer metabolism

Tumor flux and pathway activity

💧 Diabetes

Glucose and lipid metabolism studies