Fig. 1From: Synthesis of a gadolinium based-macrocyclic MRI contrast agent for effective cancer diagnosisSchematic illustration of the synthetic procedures of Gd-DOTA-LAE. a Synthesis process of LAE. b Conjugation of p-DOTA with LAE and BOC-deprotection of p-DOTA-LAE using TFA. c Grafting of the gadolinium (III) to DOTA-LAEBack to article page