Pharmaceutical development and medical applications of porphyrin-type macrocycles

✍ Scribed by Tarak D. Mody

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 87 KB
• Volume: 04
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1088-4246
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1409(200006/07)4:4<362::aid-jpp250>3.0.co;2-z

✦ Synopsis

The current state of pharmaceutical development of porphyrin-type macrocycles in medicine is highlighted. Currently, several porphyrinoid-based drugs are under various stages of development as phototherapeutic agents, X-ray radiation enhancers and boron neutron capture agents. These compounds represent a burgeoning class of pharmacological agents that are potentially useful in an array of treatment areas.