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talaporfin
n. A photosensitizer used in chemotherapy.
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Talaporfin
Talaporfin ( INN, also known as aspartyl chlorin, mono-L-aspartyl chlorin e6, NPe6, or LS11) is a photosensitizer used in photodynamic therapy (PDT).
It absorbs red light at 664-667 nm normally provided by a laser tuned to this wavelength.
It was approved in Japan (in 2004) for PDT of lung cancer and marketed as Laserphyrin.
It is trademarked as Aptocine by Light Sciences Oncology.