Innovative anticancer therapies based on the activation of the immune system offer promise
in the battle against cancers resistant to traditional treatments. Examples of such therapeutic …

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 …

Applications of metalloporphyrins and related molecules have been extensively pursued in
the context of photodynamic therapy of cancer (PDT) and other biomedical applications. This …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play key roles in cell signaling systems and homeostasis,
and they are also fundamental to photodynamic therapy (PDT). PDT efficacy can be affected …

Glycoconjugates and their applications as lectin ligands in biology have been thoroughly
investigated in the past decades. Meanwhile, the intrinsic properties of such multivalent …

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

The photophysical properties of a newly synthesized unsymmetrically substituted zinc
phthalocyanine derivative (1) bearing in its peripheral positions six n-hexylsulfanyl …

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

Click chemistry: the emerging role of the azide-alkyne Huisgen dipolar addition in the
preparation of substituted tetrapyrrolic derivatives | Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines …

Background: Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a non-invasive and innovative cancer therapy
based on the photodynamic effect. In this study, we sought to determine the singlet oxygen …