[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 …

Synthesis and photophysical characterization of a library of photostable halogenated bacteriochlorins: an access to near infrared chemistry

MM Pereira, CJP Monteiro, AVC Simoes, SMA Pinto… - Tetrahedron, 2010 - Elsevier
Near infrared (NIR) photons are ideally suited for photomedicine because they are relatively
harmless and penetrate deeply in biological tissues. However, their use is impaired by lack …

Photophysical properties and electronic structure of stable, tunable synthetic bacteriochlorins: extending the features of native photosynthetic pigments

E Yang, C Kirmaier, M Krayer… - The Journal of …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Bacteriochlorins, which are tetrapyrrole macrocycles with two reduced pyrrole rings, are
Nature's near-infrared (NIR) absorbers (700–900 nm). The strong absorption in the NIR …

Stable synthetic bacteriochlorins for photodynamic therapy: role of dicyano peripheral groups, central metal substitution (2H, Zn, Pd), and Cremophor EL delivery

YY Huang, T Balasubramanian, E Yang, D Luo… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
A series of four stable synthetic bacteriochlorins was tested in vitro in HeLa cells for their
potential in photodynamic therapy (PDT). The parent bacteriochlorin (BC), dicyano …

Stable synthetic cationic bacteriochlorins as selective antimicrobial photosensitizers

L Huang, YY Huang, P Mroz, GP Tegos… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
Photodynamic inactivation is a rapidly developing antimicrobial treatment that employs a
nontoxic photoactivatable dye or photosensitizer in combination with harmless visible light to …

In vitro photodynamic therapy and quantitative structure− activity relationship studies with stable synthetic near-infrared-absorbing bacteriochlorin photosensitizers

YY Huang, P Mroz, T Zhiyentayev… - Journal of medicinal …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a rapidly developing approach to treating cancer that
combines harmless visible and near-infrared light with a nontoxic photoactivatable dye …

[HTML][HTML] Stable synthetic mono-substituted cationic bacteriochlorins mediate selective broad-spectrum photoinactivation of drug-resistant pathogens at nanomolar …

L Huang, M Krayer, JGS Roubil, YY Huang… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Three stable synthetic mono-substituted cationic bacteriochlorins (BC37, BC38 and BC39)
were recently reported to show exceptional activity (low nanomolar) in mediating …

New halogenated water‐soluble chlorin and bacteriochlorin as photostable PDT sensitizers: synthesis, spectroscopy, photophysics, and in vitro photosensitizing …

JM Dąbrowski, LG Arnaut, MM Pereira… - …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Chlorin and bacteriochlorin derivatives of 5, 10, 15, 20‐tetrakis (2‐chloro‐5‐sulfophenyl)
porphyrin have intense absorptions in the phototherapeutic window, high water solubility …

Accessing the near-infrared spectral region with stable, synthetic, wavelength-tunable bacteriochlorins

M Taniguchi, DL Cramer, AD Bhise, HL Kee… - New Journal of …, 2008 - pubs.rsc.org
The near-infrared (NIR) spectral region has been comparatively under-utilized for diverse
materials and medical applications owing to the lack of chromophores that afford stability …

Bacteriochlorophyll a and its derivatives: chemistry and perspectives for cancer therapy

MA Grin, AF Mironov, AA Shtil - Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal …, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com
The review summarizes the chemistry of the third generation of photosensitizers, namely, the
derivatives of natural bacteriochlorophyll a for photodynamic treatment of cancer. The …