title: Photosensitive precursors to nitric oxide.
abstract: The photochemistry and use of recently developed photosensitive precursors to nitric oxide (NO) are reviewed. As "caged NO" donors these precursors are able to deliver NO in a spatially and temporally controllable manner. These properties have made such precursors useful in applications in biology and medicine, especially in elucidating neurophysiological roles of NO and in new cancer therapies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Pavlos
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Toscano
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors / Q000737:chemistry*; D010777:Photochemistry
chemical_list: D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors; D009569:Nitric Oxide