Talaporfin (INN, also known as aspartyl chlorin, mono-L-aspartyl chlorin e6, NPe6, or LS11) is a chlorin based photosensitizer used in photodynamic therapy (PDT).

It absorbs red light at 664-667 nm normally provided by a laser tuned to this wavelength.[1]

It was approved in Japan (in 2004) for PDT of lung cancer and marketed as Laserphyrin.[2]

References

  1. ^ Usuda J, Kato H, Okunaka T, Furukawa K, Tsutsui H, Yamada K, Suga Y, Honda H, Nagatsuka Y, Ohira T, Tsuboi M, Hirano T (June 2006). "Photodynamic therapy (PDT) for lung cancers". Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 1 (5): 489–93. doi:10.1016/S1556-0864(15)31616-6. PMID 17409904. S2CID 19722977.
  2. ^ Usuda J, Kato H, Okunaka T, Furukawa K, Honda H, Suga Y, Hirata T, Ohira T, Tsuboi M, Hirano T (June 2006). "Photodynamic therapy using Laserphyrin for centrally located early stage lung cancer". Journal of Clinical Oncology. 24 (18 suppl): 7229. doi:10.1200/jco.2006.24.18_suppl.7229.

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