“…Carboxylic acid containing molecules (amino acids, including neurotransmitters) have been effectively protected by a variety of PRPGs, such as 1-pyrenylmethyl (Fernandes et al 2007(Fernandes et al , 2008a, quinolones (Fonseca et al 2010), benzoxazoles (Soares et al 2010a), as well as 2-oxo-benzopyrans (trivially known as coumarins) (Fonseca et al 2007(Fonseca et al , 2010, and 2-oxo-benzobenzopyrans (benzocoumarins, Piloto et al 2006;Fernandes et al 2008a, b;Soares et al 2010b). Their behaviour towards photocleavage under UV irradiation was studied at different wavelengths, in simulated physiological environment in mixtures of aqueous buffer and different organic solvents.…”