FLUORINE AND PHOSPHOROUS-CONTAINING AMPHIPHILIC MOLECULES WITH SURFACTANT PROPERTIES

摘要

Compounds of general formula (I) or (II) are useful as surfactants in the preparation of fluorocarbon emulsions, which can be used as oxygen-carrying blood substitutes, and for many other therapeutic and diagnostic applications. They are further useful in liposomal formulations which are themselves therapeutic agents or provide a vehicle for such agents.