An overview of synthetic approaches to porphyrin, phthalocyanine, and phenothiazine photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy

Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 79-108

  Gorman, Stephen A ^a   Brown, Stanley B ^a   Griffiths, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Phenothiazines; Photodynamic therapy; Phthalocyanines; Porphyrins; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18 OCTAMETHYLPORPHYRIN; 5,10,15,20 TETRAKIS(3 HYDROXYPHENYL)PORPHYRIN; 5,10,15,20 TETRAKIS(4 SULFONATOPHENYL)PORPHYRIN; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID METHYL ESTER; BACTERIOCHLORIN; BENZOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORINE; HEMATOPORPHYRIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIPOSOME; METAL COMPLEX; METHYLENE BLUE; OXYGEN; PEROXY RADICAL; PHENOTHIAZINE; PHOTOFRIN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; PHTHALOCYANINE; PORPHYRIN; PORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; PROTOPORPHYRIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SINGLET OXYGEN; SUPEROXIDE; TEMOPORFIN; TETRAPHENYLPORPHYRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BLEACHING; CANCER; CELL DEATH; COMPLEX FORMATION; CYCLIZATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG TARGETING; EMULSION; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; METALLATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SULFONATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR NECROSIS;

EID: 33644794345     PISSN: 07318898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JEnvironPatholToxicolOncol.v25.i1-2.50     Document Type: Review

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