Talaporfin (
INN, also known as aspartyl chlorin, mono-L-aspartyl chlorin e6, NPe6, or LS11) is a
chlorin based
photosensitizer used in
photodynamic therapy (PDT).
It absorbs red light at 664-667 nm normally provided by a laser tuned to this wavelength.
It was approved in Japan (in 2004) for
PDT of lung cancer and marketed as Laserphyrin.
References
{{Chemotherapeutic agents
Extracorporeal Photo-Immunotherapy for Circulating Tumor Cells
Photosensitizing agents
Tetrapyrroles