Université de Fribourg

Visible light-activated photoCORMs

Kottelat, Emmanuel ; Zobi, Fabio

In: Inorganics, 2017, vol. 5, no. 2, p. 24

Despite its well-known toxicity, carbon monoxide (CO) is now recognized as a potential therapeutic agent. Its inherent toxicity, however, has limited clinical applications because uncontrolled inhalation of the gas leads to severe systemic derangements in higher organisms. In order to obviate life-threatening effects and administer the gas by bypassing the respiratory system, CO releasing...