**Author details**

Lawrence J. Berliner *Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Denver, USA* 

### **10. References**

22 Nitroxides – Theory, Experiment and Applications

**Figure 21.** A colorimetric nitrone spin trap.

**Cell, tissue, arterial wall** 

Spin Labeled Cell/Tissue

**lining**

**Figure 22.** Schematic of the reaction of a colorimetric or fluorescent nitrone spin trap with a radical

**lining**

**Cell, tissue, arterial wall**

**Figure 23.** Schematic of a proton relaxation enhancement (PRE) spin labeled cell. Multiple paramagnetic labels are affixed to the cell surface by specific binding or covalent attachment. This

Hence future developments in several of these areas should show great promise for the

results in a significantly enhanced PRE, which is detectable in MRI.

*Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Denver, USA* 

future.

**Author details** 

Lawrence J. Berliner


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