Water-Solubilization of P(V) and Sb(V) Porphyrins and Their Photobiological Application

Porphyrins have been widely utilized as biochemical and biological functional chromophores which can operate under visible-light irradiation. Water-soluble porphyrins have been used as the drug for photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photodynamic inactivation (PDI). Although usual water-solubilization of...

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Main Authors: Jin Matsumoto, Tsutomu Shiragami, Kazutaka Hirakawa, Masahide Yasuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:International Journal of Photoenergy
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/148964