A review of the role of carbon nanotubes for cancer treatment based on photothermal and photodynamic therapy techniques

MF Naief, SN Mohammed, HJ Mayouf… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbon nanostructures have special optical characteristics that confer them with effective
light-to-heat conversion ability. They can also increase the local temperature by activating …

Hypericin and its anticancer effects: From mechanism of action to potential therapeutic application

N Choudhary, TE Collignon, D Tewari, A Bishayee - Phytomedicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Emerging studies indicate that hypericin has diverse pharmacological actions
and exhibits potential for treatment of various types of cancer. Purpose The current review …

Hypericin: A natural anthraquinone as promising therapeutic agent

JJ Wu, J Zhang, CY Xia, K Ding, XX Li, XG Pan, JK Xu… - Phytomedicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Background: Hypericin is a prominent secondary metabolite mainly existing in genus
Hypericum. It has become a research focus for a quiet long time owing to its extensively …

Hypericin-mediated photodynamic therapy for the treatment of cancer: a review

X Dong, Y Zeng, Z Zhang, J Fu, L You… - Journal of Pharmacy …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Hypericin is a polycyclic aromatic naphthodianthrone that occurs naturally. It is
also an active ingredient in some species of the genus Hypericum. Emerging evidence …

Carbon nanomaterials for phototherapy of cancer and microbial infections

SI Amaral, R Costa-Almeida, IC Goncalves… - Carbon, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon nanomaterials (CNM) have gained great interest in the scientific community and
motivated multiple studies in the biomedical field thanks to their unique properties. The …

Single-walled carbon nanohorns-based smart nanotheranostic: From phototherapy to enzyme-activated fluorescence imaging-guided photodynamic therapy

C Gao, J Jian, L Luo, J Liang, Z Li, M Pang… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Phototheranostics, a local non-invasive approach that integrates light-based diagnostics
and therapeutics, enables precise treatment using nanotheranostic agents with minimal …

Green approaches to carbon nanostructure-based biomaterials

S Adorinni, MC Cringoli, S Perathoner, P Fornasiero… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The family of carbon nanostructures comprises several members, such as fullerenes, nano-
onions, nanodots, nanodiamonds, nanohorns, nanotubes, and graphene-based materials …

Injectable in situ self-cross-linking hydrogels based on hemoglobin, carbon quantum dots, and sodium alginate for real-time detection of wound bacterial infection and …

Q Zhang, Z Li, M Zhang, W Wang, J Shen, Z Ye… - Langmuir, 2020 - ACS Publications
Postoperative wound repair of solid tumors resection, which is afflicted by the complex tumor
microenvironment (TME) and associated with the bacterial infection, is worsening and …

NIR-II-Responsive CeO2–x@HA Nanotheranostics for Photoacoustic Imaging-Guided Sonodynamic-Enhanced Synergistic Phototherapy

J Li, HL Peng, C Wen, P Xu, XC Shen, C Gao - Langmuir, 2022 - ACS Publications
The therapeutic effect of photothermal therapy (PTT) and photodynamic therapy (PDT) is
severely limited because of the shallow tissue penetration depth of the first near-infrared …

Fluorescent Nanocarbons: From Synthesis and Structure to Cancer Imaging and Therapy

M Ghasemlou, N Pn, K Alexander… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Nanocarbons are emerging at the forefront of nanoscience, with diverse carbon nanoforms
emerging over the past two decades. Early cancer diagnosis and therapy, driven by …