Carotenohematoporphyrins as tumor-imaging dyes. Synthesis and in vitro photophysical characterization.

Article abstract of DOI:10.1111/j.1751-1097.1998.tb02500.x

Multichromophoric dyes for use in tumor imaging have been synthesized and photophysically characterized. Structurally, these dyes are dyads and triads that consist of one or two carotenoid polyenes covalently attached to hematoporphyrin (HP) or hematoporp