Hypericin can be derived from St. John's wort, which is widely spread around the world. As a
natural product, it has been put into clinical practice such as wound healing and depression …

The development of new approaches to treat the growing antibiotic resistance of pathogenic
bacterial species is an important task to ensure the future safety of society. Utilization of …

Bacterial infections pose a significant threat to global public health; therefore, the
development of novel therapeutics is urgently needed. Herein, a controllable antibacterial …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a medical treatment used to target solid tumors, where the
administration of a photosensitizing agent and light generate reactive oxygen species …

Hypericin is a photosensitizing drug that is active against membrane-enveloped viruses and
therefore constitutes a promising candidate for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infections. The …

The increase of antimicrobial resistance to conventional antibiotics is worldwide a major
health problem that requires the development of new bactericidal strategies. Antimicrobial …

The amplitude of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic motivated global
efforts to find therapeutics that avert severe forms of this illness. The urgency of the medical …

The emergence of new microorganisms with resistance to current antimicrobials is one of
the key issues of modern healthcare that must be urgently addressed with the development …

To improve bacterial photodynamic inactivation (PDI), this work analyzes the photodynamic
effect caused by the combination of photosensitizers (PSs) on two bacterial models and …

The effect on the photophysical properties of sulfur-and selenium-for-oxygen replacement in
the skeleton of the oxo-4-dimethylaminonaphthalimide molecule (DMNP) has been explored …