18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG)

Indications

• radiopharmaceutical for use with PET scan

Mechanism of action

• marker of glycolytic activity of tissue

More general terms

• radiopharmaceutical

Database

• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=68614