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Porphyrins form the active site of a large number of proteins that carry out essential processes in pâture, such as oxygen transport and storage (hemoglobin and myoglobin, respectively), electron transfer (cytochrome c) and energy conversion (chlorophyll) [1]. Additionally, new exciting applications of porphyrins have been developed. In medicine the photodynamic cancer therapy, where the porphyrins act as photosensitizers, has shown promising results [2]. Potential applications of porphyrins as photoconducters in electrooptical data storage have also been presented [3].
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Nissum, M., Schlücker, S., Popp, J., Funk, J.M., Kiefer, W. (1999). Polarization sensitive CARS spectroscopy of free-base porphyrins. In: Greve, J., Puppels, G.J., Otto, C. (eds) Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules: New Directions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4479-7_305
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