Photosensitizing agents
US5002962A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 20, 1988 |
| Grant date | Mar 26, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 20, 2008 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61K2123/00
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
New classes of photosensitizing compounds useful in photodynamic therapy are disclosed. These compounds are simplified dimers and polymers of monohydroxy deuteroporphyrins, hydrophobic ethers of these monomers, and red light-absorbing derivatives of methyl pheophorbide-a.
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