An Illustration of How Phorbiplatin Works (IMAGE)

City University of Hong Kong

An Illustration of How Phorbiplatin Works

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Under short-period irradiation with low intensity of red light, without the need of any external catalyst, phorbiplatin is reduced to oxaliplatin, a first-line clinical antineoplastic, as well as pyropheophorbide a (PPA), a photoactivation ligand. Both substances are effective in killing tumor cells.

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Wang et al., Phorbiplatin, a Highly Potent Pt(IV) Antitumor Prodrug That Can Be Controllably Activated by Red Light, Chem (2019), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2019.08.021

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