Chlorins: Natural sources, synthetic developments and main applications

Current Organic Synthesis

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 42-58

  de Oliveira, Kleber T ^a   Momo, Patrícia B ^a   de Assis, Francisco F ^a   Ferreira, Marco A B ^a   Brocksom, Timothy J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chlorin; Chlorophylls; PDT; Porphyrinoid; Solar cells and natural dyes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899855786     PISSN: 15701794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/15701794113106660085     Document Type: Review

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