PORPHYRIN DERIVATES AND THEIR USE AS PHOTOSENSITIZERS IN PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY

摘要

The present invention relates to novel porphyrin derivates of formula (I), especially to porphyrins which carry substituted phenyl moieties in meso-position. The porphyrin derivates of the invention are useful as photosensitizers in photodynamic therapy (PDT), especially in photodynamic tumor therapy. Due to their excellent photophysical properties the compounds of formula I are extremely efficient in photodynamic treatment.