As deaths from preventable diseases abate, cancer is becoming one of the leading causes
of death in the world. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a noninvasive treatment for cancer …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) requires a medical device, a photosensitizing drug and
adequate use of both to trigger biological mechanisms that can rapidly destroy the primary …

Colorectal cancer is of particular concern due to its high mortality rate count. Recent
investigations on targeted phototherapy involving novel photosensitizers and drug-delivery …

Carbohydrates are of great importance in a variety of biological processes, including but not
limited to, energy production, energy storage, protein recognition, immune response, and …

Four isomerically pure octasubstituted zinc phthalocyanines with variations in the
attachment atom and positions of the substituents were selected for a systematic …

A fluorinated phthalocyanine and its non-fluorinated analogue were selected to evaluate the
potential enhancement of fluorination on photophysical, photochemical and redox properties …

Recent researches in photodynamic therapy have focused on novel techniques to enhance
tumour targeting of anticancer drugs and photosensitizers. Coupling a photosensitizer with …

This review summarizes synthetic strategies for the preparation of asymmetric
phthalocyanines and their analogues. Cross-condensation between two phthalonitrile …

In 2015, the Japanese health insurance approved the use of a second-generation
photodynamic therapy (PDT) using talaporfin sodium (TS); however, its cancer cell …

This review summarises recent research into combining the photosensitizing properties of
porphyrins with imaging techniques such as PET and NIR fluorescence for so called …