pentetreotide (OctreoScan)

Introduction

A somatostatin analog.

Indications

• Indium-111 labeled pentetrotide used in scintigraphy for identification of tumors containing somatostatin receptors

Pharmacokinetics

• some loose Indium localizes in bone marrow.

More general terms

• endocrine agent

Additional terms

• somatostatin; growth hormone release-inhibiting factor; contains: somatostatin-28, somatostatin-14 (SST)

Database

• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=636292
• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=3081912