Improvements in and relating to chromophores such as porphyrin, chlorin and bacteriochlorin chromophores

摘要

Porphyrin and porphyrin-based chromophores and sets of porphyrin and porphyrin-based chromophores such as porphyrin, chlorin and bacteriochlorin chromophores, which may be particularly useful in a range of photodynamic applications, including photochemotherapy and fluorescence analysis and imaging are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for the production of such chromophores and methods for the use of such chromophores in analysis and in medicine.