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A cyclodextrin dimer has been synthesized with two β-cyclodextrins linked by a flexible chain containing a carbon–carbon double bond. This dimer binds and solubilizes a phthalocyanine-based photosensitizer that generates singlet oxygen on irradiation. When the complex is irradiat...

Abstract: Background: Photodynamic therapy is a therapeutic modality that has consolidated its activity in the photooxidation of organic matter, which arises from the activity of reactive oxygen species. Objective: To evaluate the effect of red laser 660nm with the photosensiti...

Pulsed laser energy was shown to be effective in inhibiting the growth of Escherichia coli. The irradiation source was derived from a tunable organic-dye laser utilizing rhodamine 6G (590 ± 5 nm) solutions as lasing media. The organisms, suspended in nutrient broth, were irradiat...

We have synthesized the amphiphile photosensitizer PE-porph consisting of a porphyrin bound to a lipid headgroup. We studied by optical microscopy the response to light irradiation of giant unilamellar vesicles of mixtures of unsaturated phosphatidylcholine lipids and PE-porph. I...

ABSTRACT Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a modality of cancer treatment in which tumor cells are destroyed by reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced by photosensitizers following its activation with visible or near infrared light. The PDT success is dependent on different factors n...

Fungus Candida albicans is responsible for most of the nosocomial infections which affect immunocompromised individuals. It is highly invasive and capable of destroying or modifying constituents of host cell membrane inducing dysfunction or physical annihilation. Although most is...

The self-aggregation of pheophytin, a possible photosensitizer for Photodynamic Therapy, is solved by formulation in polymeric surfactant as P-123. The photosensitizer incorporation was found to be time dependent, exhibiting two steps: a partition at the micellar interface follow...

Resumo Introdução: Considerando seu potencial como forma de combate alternativo a bactérias multirresistentes, a terapia fotodinâmica vem sendo aperfeiçoada e mais bem estudada nos últimos anos, sendo importante determinar seus padrões otimizados de aplicação. Objetivo: O obj...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of photodynamic therapy with erythrosine and rose bengal using a light-emitting diode (LED) on planktonic cultures of S. mutans. Ten S. mutans strains, including nine clinical strains and one reference strain (ATCC 35688), we...

The physicochemical properties (solubilization, structural organization and stability) of meso-tetrakis(p-methoxyphenyl)porphyrin (TMPP), a promising photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy, solubilized in polymeric micelles of tri-block copolymers PluronicTM P-123 and F-127, we...

Wound healing process can be favored by Low Level Laser Therapy, with the collagen and elastin matrix a dermic substitute described as an appropriate system in tissue engineering and in tridimensional skin systems. With this purpose, a study was elaborated using the system nanoem...

The porphyrin photosensitizer, meso-Tetra (4-N-methylpyridyl) porphine tetraperchlorate binds to calf thymus DNA by intercalation and by external electrostatic association. This was concluded from the results of measruements involving Scatchard analysis, viscometry, thermal denat...

Selective in vitro photodestruction of HPB-ALL human T-cell leukemia cells was accomplished using the photosensitizer chlorin e6 coupled through dextran molecules to an anti-T-cell monoclonal antibody (mAb), anti-Leu-1. Conjugates with mAb/chlorin molar ratios as high as 1:36 ret...

Oxidation of unsaturated lipids is a fundamental process involved in cell bioenergetics as well as in cell death. Using giant unilamellar vesicles and a chlorin photosensitizer, we asymmetrically oxidized the outer or inner monolayers of lipid membranes. We observed different sha...

Photochemical damage either to retinoids by near-ultraviolet radiation or to unsaturated fatty acids by near-ultraviolet radiation in the presence of a hydrophobic photosensitizer destroys the virucidal activities of the compounds, as determined by studies on the enveloped bacter...

The prognosis for patients with the high-grade cerebral glioma glioblastoma multiforme is poor. The median survival for primary tumors is < 12 months, with most recurring at the site of the original tumor, indicating that a more aggressive local therapy is required to eradicate t...

Streptococcus mutans is the main etiological agent for dental caries. Recently, photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been introduced as a new modality in bacterial decontamination. Objective: This in vitro study was carried out to evaluate the susceptibility of Streptococcus mutans ...

Photodynamic therapy is based on simultaneous involvement of three factors, namely: tumor tissue retention of an specific photosensitizer; local illumination of the lesion and occurrence of oxygen in the triplet state. Theoretically, changes in any one of these factors may be com...

The porphyrin photosensitizer, meso-Tetra (4-N-methyl-pyridyl) porphine tetraperchlorate is shown to unwind supercoiled ColEI DNA at a somewhat lower concentration than ethidium bromide. In contrast to this, the Fe(III) chelate of T4MPyP cannot unwind supercoiled DNA. It is concl...

The persistence of microorganisms in the root canal system after chemical-mechanical preparation plays an important role in the success rate of endodontic treatment. Photodynamic Therapy in endodontics appeared to be a supplement to the disinfection of root canals aiming resolve ...

The persistence of microorganisms in the root canal system after chemical-mechanical preparation plays an important role in the success rate of endodontic treatment. Photodynamic Therapy in endodontics appeared to be a supplement to the disinfection of root canals aiming resolve ...