Amphiphilic trisulfonated porphyrazines for photodynamic applications in medicine

摘要

Disclosed herein are novel trisulfonated tribenzo-mononahptho-porphyrazines, processes for making them and their application as improved photosensitizing drugs for the treatment of various medical conditions by photodynamic therapy (PDT). These water-soluble amphiphilic porphyrazines are substituted with different alkylyl, aryl, aminoalkyl and aminoaryl groups, with or without carboxyl moeity.