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... > Biological Factors > Pigments, Biological > Porphyrins > Hematoporphyrins > Hematoporphyrin Derivative > Dihematoporphyrin Ether
... > Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring > Azoles > Pyrroles > Tetrapyrroles > Porphyrins > Hematoporphyrins > Hematoporphyrin Derivative > Dihematoporphyrin Ether
... > Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring > Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings > Tetrapyrroles > Porphyrins > Hematoporphyrins > Hematoporphyrin Derivative > Dihematoporphyrin Ether
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Macrocyclic Compounds > Tetrapyrroles > Porphyrins > Hematoporphyrins > Hematoporphyrin Derivative > Dihematoporphyrin Ether

Preferred term

Dihematoporphyrin Ether  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The purified component of HEMATOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE, it consists of a mixture of oligomeric porphyrins. It is used in photodynamic therapy (HEMATOPORPHYRIN PHOTORADIATION); to treat malignant lesions with visible light and experimentally as an antiviral agent. It is the first drug to be approved in the use of PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY in the United States.

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Synonym(s)

  • 21H,23H-Porphine-2,18-dipropanoic acid, 7-(1-(1-(8,12-bis(2-carboxyethyl)-17-(1-hydroxyethyl)-3,7,13,18-tetramethyl-21H,23H-porphin-2-yl)ethoxy)ethyl)-12-(1-hydroxyethyl)-3,8,13,17-tetramethyl-
  • 87806-31-3 (porfimer sodium)
  • 97067-70-4
  • DHP Ether
  • Dihematoporphyrin Ester
  • Porfimer

Allowable Qualifier(s)

Pharmacological Action(s)

In other languages

  • Éther de dihématoporphyrine

    French

  • 21H,23H-Porphine-2,18-dipropanoic acid, 7-(1-(1-(8,12-bis(2-carboxyethyl)-17-(1-hydroxyethyl)-3,7,13,18-tetramethyl-21H,23H-porphin-2-yl)ethoxy)ethyl)-12-(1-hydroxyethyl)-3,8,13,17-tetramethyl-
  • 87806-31-3 (porfimer sodium)
  • 97067-70-4

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-TZTRC7ZG-2

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http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017323
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