title: Synthetic metallo-porphyrins and selection criteria for PDT.
abstract: The aim of this paper is to analyse the some aspects about the main selection criteria of some metallo-porphyrins for PDT; purity, solubility, singlet oxygen generation and photostability. Also, some clinical applications of some porphyrins are evaluated. The PDT effect of some metallo-porphyrins on Murine Lymphoma EL-4 cells (as experimental model for photodynamic therapy studies), on Herpes Simplex Virus, on human brain cells, in ophthalmology, are discussed in this review.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Chemical Research-Icechim, Chemical Analysis Department, Splaiul Independentei 202, Bucharest-77208, Romania. irma@pcnet.ro
authors.forename: Ion
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rodica-Mariana
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003196:Computer Graphics; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D016399:Lymphoma, T-Cell / Q000628:therapy; D008665:Metalloporphyrins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D051379:Mice; D018579:Patient Selection; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D008665:Metalloporphyrins; D011166:Porphyrins