Light and autofluorescence, multitasking features in living organisms

AC Croce - Photochem, 2021 - mdpi.com
Organisms belonging to all life kingdoms may have the natural capacity to fluoresce.
Autofluorescence events depend on the presence of natural biomolecules, namely …

Autofluorescence‐based optical biopsy: An effective diagnostic tool in hepatology

AC Croce, A Ferrigno, G Bottiroli, M Vairetti - Liver International, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Autofluorescence emission of liver tissue depends on the presence of endogenous
biomolecules able to fluoresce under suitable light excitation. Overall autofluorescence …

[图书][B] Encyclopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry-Two-Volume Set (Print)

JL Atwood - 2013 - books.google.com
The two-volume Encyclopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry offers authoritative, centralized
information on a rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field. User-friendly and high-quality …

Label‐Free Assessment of Key Biological Autofluorophores: Material Characteristics and Opportunities for Clinical Applications

JM Campbell, M Gosnell, A Agha, S Handley… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Autofluorophores are endogenous fluorescent compounds that naturally occur in the intra
and extracellular spaces of all tissues and organs. Most have vital biological functions–like …

Photochemistry of (Z)-Isovinylneoxanthobilirubic Acid Methyl Ester, a Bilirubin Dipyrrinone Subunit: Femtosecond Transient Absorption and Stimulated Raman …

D Madea, T Mujawar, A Dvořák… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Bilirubin (BR) is an essential metabolite formed by the catabolism of heme. Phototherapy
with blue-green light can be applied to reduce high concentrations of BR in blood and is …

Are azobenzenophanes rotation-restricted?

C Ciminelli, G Granucci, M Persico - The Journal of chemical physics, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
We simulated the photoisomerization dynamics of an azobenzenophane with a
semiclassical surface hopping approach and a semiempirical reparametrized quantum …

Bilirubin: an autofluorescence bile biomarker for liver functionality monitoring

AC Croce, A Ferrigno, G Santin, M Vairetti… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Excitation at 366–465 nm of bilirubin in aqueous solution with solubilizing agents results in
emission spectra composed by two main bands. The variation of their relative contributions …

Effect of blue light on the electronic and structural properties of bilirubin isomers: insights into the photoisomerization and photooxidation processes

LC Cardoso, RML Savedra, MM Silva… - The Journal of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The central process of neonatal phototherapy by employing blue light has been attributed to
the configurational conversion of (4 Z, 15 Z)-bilirubin to (4 Z, 15 E). Indeed …

Autofluorescence of liver tissue and bile: organ functionality monitoring during ischemia and reoxygenation

AC Croce, A Ferrigno, G Santin… - Lasers in surgery …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Objective Autofluorescence (AF) based optical biopsy of liver tissue is a
powerful approach for the real‐time diagnosis of its functionality. Since increasing attention …

Conformational control of the photodynamics of a bilirubin dipyrrinone subunit: Femtosecond spectroscopy combined with nonadiabatic simulations

J Janoš, D Madea, S Mahvidi, T Mujawar… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The photochemistry of bilirubin has been extensively studied due to its importance in the
phototherapy of hyperbilirubinemia. In the present work, we investigated the ultrafast …