palladium-bacteriopheophorbide

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-015780",
  "term": "palladium-bacteriopheophorbide",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A novel palladium-substituted bacteriochlorophyll derivative and photosensitizer with potential antitumor activity. Upon administration, inactive palladium-bacteriophephorbide is activated locally when the tumor bed is exposed to photoirradiation; the activated form induces local cytotoxic processes, resulting in local tissue damage, disruption of tumor vasculature, and tumor hypoxia and necrosis.",
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/palladium-bacteriopheophorbide/"
}