摘要:
Phorbine derivatives having high potency and light absorptivity in the 650 to 780 nanometer range are useful in cancer diagnosis and therapy, especially photodynamic therapy.
摘要:
A method for intercepting an activated species of dioxygen by administering an N-substituted pyrrole derivative having the formula: ##STR1## in which: R is an amino acid derivative, a non-protein peptide, an amino sugar processing a free primary amino group, a purine bases which is substituted, at position 9 by alkyl groups, or a pyrimidine bases possessing a free primary amino group, wherein the pyrimidine bases are substituted by at least one SH group; R.sub.1 represents one or more substituents, identical or different and are a hydrogen, an alkyl radical containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a primary amino radical, a secondary amino radical NHB, or a tertiary amino radical--N(B,B'), wherein B and B', identical or different represent an alkyl group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a SH or SB radical, wherein B is defined above, a --CH.sub.2 OH, --CH(B)OH, --C(B,B')OH radical or the corresponding esters and ethers, a cyclic radical of 3 to 6 carbon atoms or an oxygen, nitrogen or sulfur containing heterocycle such as furan, pyrrole or thiophene, or their salts with metal ions or amine complexes, esters of formula --COOR.sub.2, wherein R.sub.2 is an alkyl radical of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, amides of the formula COR.sub.3 wherein R.sub.3 is a primary, secondary and/or tertiary amine and wherein R.sub.3 is a secondary or tertiary amine said primary or tertiary amine is substituted by an alkyl group or alcohol of 1 to 4 carbon atoms or their complexes with physiologically acceptable salts wherein said N-substituted pyrrole derivatives are racemates or are optically active isomers, with the proviso that R.sub.1 is not hydrogen when R is a derivative selected from the group consisting of glycine, leucine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, serine and glutamic acid.