[HTML][HTML] Bacteriochlorins and their metal complexes as NIR-absorbing photosensitizers: Properties, mechanisms, and applications

B Pucelik, A Sułek, JM Dąbrowski - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Bacterichlorins possess a characteristic intense electronic absorption in the near-infrared
part of the electromagnetic radiation (NIR) from 700 nm up to 900 nm, where endogenous …

The Photosensitizer Temoporfin (mTHPC) – Chemical, Pre‐clinical and Clinical Developments in the Last Decade

A Wiehe, MO Senge - Photochemistry and Photobiology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This review follows the research, development and clinical applications of the
photosensitizer 5, 10, 15, 20‐tetra (m‐hydroxyphenyl) chlorin (m THPC, temoporfin) in …

[HTML][HTML] Role of photoactive phytocompounds in photodynamic therapy of cancer

K Muniyandi, B George, T Parimelazhagan… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cancer is one of the greatest life-threatening diseases conventionally treated using chemo-
and radio-therapy. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising approach to eradicate …

[HTML][HTML] Heavy Atom-Free Triplet Photosensitizers: Molecular Structure Design, Photophysical Properties and Application in Photodynamic Therapy

X Xiao, X Zhao, X Chen, J Zhao - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising method for the treatment of cancer, because of
its advantages including a low toxicity, non-drug-resistant character, and targeting capability …

Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) for biofilm treatments. Possible synergy between aPDT and pulsed electric fields

WC Martins Antunes de Melo… - Virulence, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Currently, microbial biofilms have been the cause of a wide variety of infections in the
human body, reaching 80% of all bacterial and fungal infections. The biofilms present …

Halogen atom effect on the photophysical properties of substituted aza-BODIPY derivatives

BC De Simone, G Mazzone, J Pirillo… - Physical Chemistry …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The influence of halogen atom substitution (Br and I), in different amounts and positions in
an aza-BODIPY skeleton, on the photophysical properties of some aza-BODIPY derivatives …

[HTML][HTML] Metal atom effect on the photophysical properties of Mg (II), Zn (II), Cd (II), and Pd (II) tetraphenylporphyrin complexes proposed as possible drugs in …

BC De Simone, G Mazzone, N Russo, E Sicilia… - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
The effects of Mg, Zn, Cd, and Pd dications on the photophysical properties of the
tetraphenylporphyrin ligand have been explored, considering the corresponding complexes …

Experimental and theoretical study on the coordination properties of quercetin towards aluminum (III), iron (III) and copper (II) in aqueous solution

GA Corrente, L Malacaria, A Beneduci, E Furia… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work we have studied the complexation of quercetin (3, 3′, 4′, 5, 7-
pentahydroxyflavone, H 5 Que) with aluminum (III), iron (III) and copper (II) at 37° C and in …

[HTML][HTML] How computations can assist the rational design of drugs for photodynamic therapy: photosensitizing activity assessment of a Ru (II)-BODIPY assembly

F Ponte, DM Scopelliti, N Sanna, E Sicilia, G Mazzone - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Ruthenium-based complexes represent a new frontier in light-mediated therapeutic
strategies against cancer. Here, a density functional-theory-based computational …

Perspectives of molecular and nanostructured systems with d-and f-block metals in photogeneration of reactive oxygen species for medical strategies

J Kuncewicz, JM Dąbrowski, A Kyzioł, M Brindell… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2019 - Elsevier
The photogeneration of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by molecular and nanostructured
systems with d-and f-metal compounds is discussed with the emphasis on the mechanisms …