copper benzochlorin

structure given in first source; a photosensitizer for use in photodynamic therapy

Also Known As:

CDS1 photosensitizer; copper(II) alpha-meso-N,N'-dimethyloctaethylbenzochlorin iminium chloride

Networked: 3 relevant articles (1 outcomes, 0 trials/studies)

1.	Neoplasms (Cancer) 04/01/1993 - "Copper benzochlorin, a novel photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy: effects on a transplantable urothelial tumor." 08/21/1998 - "Among the latter is a photosensitizer with known efficacy for the FANFT tumor, the copper benzochlorin iminium salt. "
2.	Leukemia 07/01/1994 - "Transport and accumulation of copper benzochlorin iminium salt (CDS1), a cationic photosensitizing agent, were examined using the P388/ADR murine leukemia, which exhibits the MDR (multidrug resistance) phenotype, and the wild-type parent cell line, P388. "

1.	Photosensitizing Agents (Photosensitizers)
2.	Salts
3.	FANFT

1.	Photochemotherapy (Photodynamic Therapy)