Nomenclature of Porphyrins

Reference:

R. Bonnett in D. Dolphin(Ed.),The Porphyrins, Structure and Synthesis, Part A, Vol I,
pp 1 - 27, Academic Press, New York, San Francisco, London 1978.
G. P. Moss, Eur. J. Biochem., 1988, 178, 277-328
G. P. Moss, Pure Appl. Chem., 1987, 59, 779-832
G. P. Moss, http://www.chem.qmw.ac.uk/iupac/tetrapyrrole/

Applications of Porphyrins

There are a lot of interesting applications of porphyrins and other tetrapyrroles (chlorins and bacterioclorins) in chemical and biomedical research.

For example:

Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)
Modellsystems of photochemical reaction centres
Biomimetic models of several enzymes (Catalases, Cytochromes etc.)
Catalysis (especially with Mn, Fe and Pd metalloporphyrins)
Sensors and Biosensors

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