During the last few years, porphyrins and metalloporphyrins have attracted widespread attention as chromophores for studies in circular dichroism (CD), an indispensable chiroptical tool for monitoring chiral interactions. This review summarizes the multifaceted properties of porphyrins and metalloporphyrins, powerful CD chromophores that are characterized by their intense and red-shifted Soret ...

A variety of internally N-alkylated N-confused porphyrins were prepared in a stepwise manner through the protection of the reactive peripheral nitrogen atom. NH-Tautomerism in N-confused porphyrins was found to be regulated by N-alkylation, which enabled us to obtain discrete information on two important NH-tautomers of an N-confused porphyrin.

Changes in urinary porphyrin excretion may be the result of hereditary causes and/or from environmental or occupational exposure. The objective of this study was to measure the amount of some porphyrins in spot urine samples obtained from volunteers randomly selected from a healthy adult population of São Paulo with a sensitive HPLC method and to estimate normal ranges for a non-exposed populat...

1. The preparation of a crude extract of Clostridium tetanomorphum containing cobalt porphyrin synthase but little haem-synthase activity is described. 2. The properties of cobalt porphyrin synthase in the clostridial extracts is compared with the properties of a haem synthase present in crude extracts of the yeast Torulopsis utilis. 3. Cobalt porphyrin synthase in extracts of C. tetanomorphum ...

The field of theranostics is growing rapidly as therapeutic regimes are increasingly being integrated and guided by diagnostic practices such as medical imaging. There is some room for discussion about the general definition of a theranostic agent, if there exists such a definition. Is it a diagnostic imaging agent that is used in the context to guide surgical procedures? Or rather, is it a the...

A simple and fast HPLC method for the determination of porphyrins in bile without extraction is described. Porphyrins were determined in bile from control subjects and from patients after orthotopic liver transplantation, including three patients with erythropoietic protoporphyria. It was found that: 1) coproporphyrin I is the predominant porphyrin in bile of controls, accompanied by some copro...

The recent development by Craig (l-3) of an all-glass machine for liquidliquid counter-current fractionation makes possible the application of his method to the separation of porphyrins which cannot readily be separated by the sensitive Willstatter “HCl number” method. In this paper we have studied the application of the Craig method to the separation of a mixture of three known porphyrins, usi...

The role of hemin in the maintenance of protein synthesis in reticulocyte lysates was examined by comparing the effects of various porphyrins and metalloporphyrins on the protein kinase activity of the hemin-controlled repressor and on protein synthesis. The porphyrin requirements for maintenance of protein synthesis were relatively specific. Iron and cobalt metalloporphyrins sustained protein ...

In this manuscript, we report, the photophysical study of triplet excited states and antimicrobial photoinactivation positively charged tetra-cisplatin porphyrin derivatives against Gram + ? bacterial strains. Isomeric cisplatin-porphyrins were used applied in aPDT assays bacilli Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Gram negative) a cocci Staphylococcus aureus positiv...