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. 2020 Sep 25;15(25):2493–2515. doi: 10.2217/nnm-2020-0125

Table 5. . Summary of porphyrin and tetrapyrrole-derived carbon dots.

Carbon source Application Ref.
Pheophytin Photodynamic therapy and fluorescence imaging in 4T1-tumour bearing mice [190]
Tetraphenylporphyrin (and its complexes with palladium and platinum) Fe3+ ion sensing [191]
Mono-hydroxylphenyl triphenylporphyrin and chitosan Photodynamic therapy of hepatocarcinoma in a mouse xenograft model [192]
5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-aminophenyl)porphyrin and citric acid Targeted photoacoustic imaging of breast cancer tumors, two-photon photodynamic therapy [193]
Corn bract Ratiometric detection of mercury ions [194]
Polypyrrole nanoparticles Improved conductivity compared with regular polypyrrole nanoparticles [195]