Non-cluster type bismuth compounds

摘要

PCT No. PCT/GB96/00183 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 22, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 22, 1997 PCT Filed Jan. 26, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96/22994 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 1, 1996A method of generating an image of a human or non-human animal body which comprises administering to said body a physiologically tolerable contrast enhancing amount of a non-cluster type bismuth compound, and methods of treating gastrointestinal disorders using the same. Diagnostic imaging contrast media comprising non-cluster type bismuth compounds are also disclosed, together with novel covalent non-cluster type bismuth compounds.