The present invention provides a compound excellent in accumulation on
calcified tissues and ensuring rapid excretion into urine as well as
rapid clearance from blood, useful as a diagnostic agent and a
therapeutic agent, etc. The compound is a compound having affinity with a
calcified tissue represented by the following formula:
(AC).sub.a-MC-(LI).sub.b. In the formula, MC is a mother nucleus and
represents a residue of a compound having a plurality of functional
groups selected from the group consisting of an amino group, an amide
group, a hydroxyl group, a thiol group, a thioether group, a sulfonyl
group, a phosphonyl group, an aldehyde group, a carboxyl group, a
carbonyl group, a halogen, and a cyano group; AC is a group having
affinity with a calcified tissue; LI is a ligand for binding to a metal
atom; and a is an integer of 1 or more and b is 0 or an integer of 1 or
more.