Hypericin-mediated photodynamic therapy for the treatment of cancer: a review

X Dong, Y Zeng, Z Zhang, J Fu, L You… - Journal of Pharmacy …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Hypericin is a polycyclic aromatic naphthodianthrone that occurs naturally. It is
also an active ingredient in some species of the genus Hypericum. Emerging evidence …

Systematic review of photodynamic therapy in gliomas

T Hsia, JL Small, A Yekula, SM Batool, AK Escobedo… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Malignant gliomas are of the deadliest, most hard-to-treat cancers, given
their various characteristics of aggression and infiltration as well as the location of growth …

Hypericin in photobiological assays: An overview

GP de Andrade, TFM de Souza, G Cerchiaro… - Photodiagnosis and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hypericin is considered a potent photosensitizer for use in antitumor and antimicrobial
photodynamic therapy (PDT). This review presents the primary biological results obtained …

Hypericin: source, determination, separation, and properties

J Zhang, L Gao, J Hu, C Wang… - Separation & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Hypericin is a naturally occurring compound synthesized by certain species of the genus
Hypericum, with various pharmacological effects. It is used as a natural photosensitizing …

Hypericin-P123-photodynamic therapy in an ex vivo model as an alternative treatment approach for onychomycosis caused by Fusarium spp.

PCV Conrado, KM Sakita, GS Arita… - Photodiagnosis and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Fusarium has been considered an opportunistic pathogen, causing several
infections in humans, including onychomycosis. In addition, a high resistance to …

Photodynamic therapy in brain cancer: Mechanisms, clinical and preclinical studies and therapeutic challenges

W Domka, D Bartusik-Aebisher, I Rudy… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Cancer is a main cause of death and preferred methods of therapy depend on the type of
tumor and its location. Gliomas are the most common primary intracranial tumor, accounting …

Inhibition of amyloid fibril formation and disassembly of pre-formed fibrils by natural polyphenol rottlerin

K Siposova, T Kozar, V Huntosova, S Tomkova… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2019 - Elsevier
Natural polyphenols, curcumin, rottlerin and EGCG were selected for initial computational
modeling of protein-ligand interaction patterns. The docking calculations demonstrated that …

Underlying mechanism of the photodynamic activity of hematoporphyrin-induced apoptosis in U87 glioma cells

SX Yuan, JL Li, XK Xu, W Chen… - International …, 2018 - spandidos-publications.com
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a relatively novel type of tumor therapy method with low
toxicity and limited side-effects. The aim of the present study was to investigate the …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor suppressive role of rottlerin in cancer therapy

J Ma, Y Hou, J Xia, X Zhu, ZP Wang - American Journal of …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer as a major public health problem is a big trouble to be cured at present in the world.
Thus, it is essential to discover better anticancer drugs to treat cancer patients. It has been …

Putative role of natural products as Protein Kinase C modulator in different disease conditions

RK Singh, S Kumar, MS Tomar, PK Verma… - DARU Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Introduction Protein kinase C (PKC) is a promising drug target for various
therapeutic areas. Natural products derived from plants, animals, microorganisms, and …