Patent ID: 8207154
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: A61K,A61P,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A bacteriochlorophyll compound containing at least one of the following groups: (i) a positively charged group; or (ii) a basic group that is converted to a positively charged group under physiological conditions, or both, wherein said bacteriochlorophyll compound is of the formula II: wherein M represents 2H, a divalent metal atom selected from the group consisting of Pd, Pt, Co, Sn, Ni, Cu, Zn and Mn, or a trivalent metal atom selected from the group consisting of Fe, Mn, Co, Au, Al, Gd, Er, Yb and Cr; R Y is O or S; R R (a) H; (b) hydrocarbyl; (c) hydrocarbyl substituted by one or more groups selected from the group consisting of halogen, nitro, oxo, OR, SR, epoxy, epithio, aziridine, —CONRR′, —COR, COOR, COSR, —OSO (d) C (e) C (f) C (g) C (h) a residue of an amino acid, a peptide, a protein, a monosaccharide, an oligosaccharide, or a polysaccharide; R R A m is 0 or 1; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and optical isomers thereof.