The invention provides mitochondria-targeted chemiluminescent agents and their use in methods of photodynamic therapy (PDT). In particular, the invention provides compounds of general formula (I), and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts: (I) in which A represents a chemiluminescent moiety; each L, which may be the same or different, is either a direct bond or a linker; each B, which may be the same or different, represents a mitotropic moiety; n is an integer from 1 to 3, preferably 1; and x is an integer from 1 to 3, preferably 1. Such compounds find particular use in the treatment of deeply- sited tumours, e.g. glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), when used in combination with a photosensitizer or photosensitizer precursor.
strong chemiluminescence performance are of high importance. We herein report the synthesis and chemiluminescence properties of eight novel phosphonium-functionalized amino-acylated luminol and isoluminol derivatives, designed as mitochondriotropic chemiluminescence reactive oxygen species trackers. Three different phosphonium cationic moieties were employed (phenyl, p-tolyl, and cyclohexyl), as well as