Ring-Fused Diphenylchlorins as Potent Photosensitizers for Photodynamic Therapy Applications: In Vitro Tumor Cell Biology and in Vivo Chick Embryo Chorioallantoic Membrane Studies

• Bruno F. O. Nascimento,
• Mafalda Laranjo,
• Nelson A. M. Pereira,
• João Dias-Ferreira,
• Marta Piñeiro,
• Maria Filomena Botelho,
• Teresa M. V. D. Pinho e Melo

Affiliations

Bruno F. O. Nascimento

CQC and Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Mafalda Laranjo

‡Biophysics Institute and Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), area of Environment Genetics and Oncobiology (CIMAGO), Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Nelson A. M. Pereira

CQC and Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

João Dias-Ferreira

‡Biophysics Institute and Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), area of Environment Genetics and Oncobiology (CIMAGO), Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Marta Piñeiro

CQC and Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Maria Filomena Botelho

‡Biophysics Institute and Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), area of Environment Genetics and Oncobiology (CIMAGO), Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Teresa M. V. D. Pinho e Melo

CQC and Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal