Metal-organic magnetic materials based on cobalt phthalocyanine and possibilities of their application in medicine

Cobalt phthalocyanines (CoPc), doped with sodium, exhibit ferromagnetic ord ering at room temperature. Magnetic dilution or variation in dopant concent ration leads to the formation of new magnetic materials. A proposed scheme of oncological disease treatment includes magnetic concentration of CoPc pa rticles in the tumor zone and ascorbic acid injection into the organism for stimulation of oxidation reactions, which destroy the tumor. (C) 1999 Else vier Science B.V. All rights reserved.