Photodynamic Therapy: From the Basics to the Current Progress of N-Heterocyclic-Bearing Dyes as Effective Photosensitizers

E Lima, LV Reis - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Photodynamic therapy, an alternative that has gained weight and popularity compared to
current conventional therapies in the treatment of cancer, is a minimally invasive therapeutic …

Photoactive antimicrobial coating based on a PEDOT-fullerene C 60 polymeric dyad

E Reynoso, AM Durantini, CA Solis, LP Macor… - RSC …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
A photostable and photodynamic antimicrobial surface was successfully obtained and
applied to photoinactivate microorganisms. This approach was based on the synthesis of a …

Long‐Lived Triplet Excited State Accessed with Spin–Orbit Charge Transfer Intersystem Crossing in Red Light‐Absorbing Phenoxazine‐Styryl BODIPY Electron …

Y Dong, A Elmali, J Zhao, B Dick, A Karatay - ChemPhysChem, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Orthogonal phenoxazine‐styryl BODIPY compact electron donor/acceptor dyads were
prepared as heavy atom‐free triplet photosensitizers (PSs) with strong red light absorption …

Porphyrin–Schiff base conjugates bearing basic amino groups as antimicrobial phototherapeutic agents

ME Pérez, JE Durantini, E Reynoso, MG Alvarez… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
New porphyrin–Schiff base conjugates bearing one (6) and two (7) basic amino groups
were synthesized by condensation between tetrapyrrolic macrocycle-containing amine …

A novel tricationic fullerene C60 as broad-spectrum antimicrobial photosensitizer: mechanisms of action and potentiation with potassium iodide

ML Agazzi, JE Durantini, ED Quiroga… - Photochemical & …, 2021 - Springer
A novel amphiphilic photosensitizing agent based on a tricationic fullerene C 60 (DMC 60
3+) was efficiently synthesized from its non-charged analogue MMC 60. These fullerenes …

Antimicrobial photosensitizing material based on conjugated Zn (II) porphyrins

SC Santamarina, DA Heredia, AM Durantini… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The widespread use of antibiotics has led to a considerable increase in the resistance of
microorganisms to these agents. Consequently, it is imminent to establish new strategies to …

[HTML][HTML] Charge density distribution effect in pyrrolidine-fused chlorins on microbial uptake and antimicrobial photoinactivation of microbial pathogens

DA Heredia, JE Durantini, DD Ferreyra… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Two novels structurally related pyrrolidine-fused chlorins were synthesized from 5, 10, 15,
20-tetrakis (pentafluorophenyl) chlorin by nucleophilic aromatic substitution of the para …

Mechanistic aspects in the photodynamic inactivation of Candida albicans sensitized by a dimethylaminopropoxy porphyrin and its equivalent with cationic intrinsic …

ED Quiroga, P Cordero, SJ Mora, MG Alvarez… - Photodiagnosis and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Photocytotoxic effect induced by 5, 10, 15, 20-tetrakis [4-(3-N, N-
dimethylaminopropoxy) phenyl] porphyrin (TAPP) and 5, 10, 15, 20-tetrakis [4-(3-N, N, N …

[HTML][HTML] BODIPYs bearing a dimethylaminopropoxy substituent for imaging and photodynamic inactivation of bacteria

YB Palacios, SC Santamarina, JE Durantini… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract A new BODIPY (BDP 1) bearing a dimethylaminopropoxy group attached to a
phenylene unit was synthesized. This compound was brominated to obtain the halogenated …

Amphiphilic tricationic Zn (II) phthalocyanine provides effective photodynamic action to eradicate broad-spectrum microorganisms

E Baigorria, JE Durantini, MA Di Palma… - Photochemical & …, 2021 - Springer
A novel tricationic Zn (II) phthalocyanine derivative,(NCH 3) 3 ZnPc 3+, was synthesized by
ring expansion reaction of boron (III)[2, 9 (10), 16 (17)-trinitrosubphthalocyaninato] chloride …