Photodynamic mechanisms induced by a combination of hypericin and a chlorin based‐photosensitizer in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells

EB Gyenge, D Lüscher, P Forny… - Photochemistry and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Hypericin, a herbal photosensitizer which is the main photoactive constituent from St. Johns
wort was purchased from Invitrogen (Basel, Switzerland). A 1 mg was dissolved in 1 mL 100…

The interaction of hypericin with SARS-CoV-2 reveals a multimodal antiviral activity

P Delcanale, E Uriati, M Mariangeli… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
… of hypericinhypericin substantially reduce virus infectivity on Vero E6 cells, but a partial
effect is also observed in dark conditions, suggesting multiple mechanisms of action for this drug

Ratio-dependent effects of photoactivated hypericin and manumycin A on their genotoxic and mutagenic potential

T Zajičková, S Kyzek, I Ďurovcová… - Chemico-Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
… Our findings indicate that drugs in combinations did not show any mutagenic or cytotoxic
activity. Another important finding refers to the action of given substances (photoactivated …

Mode of action of hypericin as an antiretroviral agent and other relevant findings

D Meruelo, S Degar, N Amari, Y Mazur, D Lavie… - Natural products as …, 1992 - Springer
Hypericin usually co-purifies with a congener, pseudohypericin, with the two forming up to
0.… from hypericin by a single hydroxyl group substitution in one methyl group. Hypericin is also …

Serum albumins are efficient delivery systems for the photosensitizer hypericin in photosensitization-based treatments against Staphylococcus aureus

D Pezzuoli, M Cozzolino, C Montali, L Brancaleon… - Food Control, 2018 - Elsevier
… Proteins are highly biocompatible and warrant good bioavailability of the photoactive
drug. We recently proposed the use of proteins such as apomyoglobin (apoMb) and β-lactoglobulin …

Melanoma-targeted photodynamic therapy based on hypericin-loaded multifunctional P123-spermine/folate micelles

ACV de Oliveira, FAP de Morais… - Photodiagnosis and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Multifunctional P123 micelle linked covalently with spermine (SM) and folic acid (FA) was
developed as a drug delivery system of hypericin (HYP). The chemical structures of the …

Photophysical characterization of Hypericin-loaded in micellar, liposomal and copolymer-lipid nanostructures based F127 and DPPC liposomes

FAP de Morais, RS Gonçalves, KS Campanholi… - … Acta Part A: Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hypericin (Hy) compound presents a high photoactivity in photodynamic therapy (PDT),
photodiagnosis and theranostics applications. The maintenance of this compound in monomeric …

[PDF][PDF] The influence of media polarity and red light on Photofrin II and hypericin

J Kulbacka, D Boehm, A Chwilkowska, J Saczko… - Adv Clin Exp …, 2004 - dbc.wroc.pl
… This triplet state is the photoactive state, which may generate cytotoxic species by … (Photofrin
II and hypericin) in solvents of different polarity and for different con− centration of the dye. …

Hypericin, a medicinal compound from St. John's Wort, inhibits genotoxicity induced by mutagenic agents in V79 cells

LM de Souza, FD de Sousa, RCR Cruz… - Drug and Chemical …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
… photogenotoxic and phototoxic effects of hypericin photoactive in V79 cells. … hypericin, our
findings allow us to generate discussions about the cytotoxic action mechanism of hypericin

Photodynamic effect of hypericin on the conformation and catalytic activity of hemoglobin

J Zhao, W Meng, P Miao, Z Yu, G Li - International Journal of Molecular …, 2008 - mdpi.com
… of hypericin on the conformation and catalytic activity of the protein has also been proven to
be strongly dependent on the irradiation time, the hypericin … light irradiation on hypericin, the …