DESFERRITHIOCIN ANALOGUE ACTINIDE DECORPORATION AGENTS
A pharmaceutical composition comprising a non-toxic effective amount of an actinide decorporation agent and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier therefore, the actinide decorporation agent comprising a hexacoordinate desferrithiocin analogue capable of chelating an actinide in vivo and a method for removing an actinide from the tissue of a human or nonhuman mammal.