Boronated porhyrins and methods for their use
US5877165A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 13, 1997 |
| Grant date | Mar 2, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 13, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07D487/22
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention covers boronated porphyrins containing multiple carborane cages which selectively accumulate in neoplastic tissue within the irradiation volume and thus can be used in cancer therapies such as boron neutron capture therapy and photodynamic therapy.
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