Light‐activated biomedical applications of chlorophyll derivatives

C Pucci, C Martinelli, A Degl'Innocenti… - Macromolecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tetrapyrroles are the basis of essential physiological functions in most living organisms.
These compounds represent the basic scaffold of porphyrins, chlorophylls, and …

[HTML][HTML] Photoantimicrobials in agriculture

GÚL Braga, GJ Silva-Junior, GTP Brancini… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Classical approaches for controlling plant pathogens may be impaired by the development
of pathogen resistance to chemical pesticides and by limited availability of effective …

Absorption and fluorescence spectral database of chlorophylls and analogues

M Taniguchi, JS Lindsey - Photochemistry and photobiology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Absorption spectra and fluorescence spectra are essential for use across the photosciences,
yet such spectra along with the all‐important values for molar absorption coefficient (ε) and …

A bioactive living hydrogel: photosynthetic bacteria mediated hypoxia elimination and bacteria‐killing to promote infected wound healing

W Li, S Wang, D Zhong, Z Du… - Advanced Therapeutics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Disruption and vasoconstriction of the blood vessels that results in tissue hypoxia can retard
the wound healing process. Transcutaneous oxygen delivery for the hypoxic tissue has …

How green is green chemistry? Chlorophylls as a bioresource from biorefineries and their commercial potential in medicine and photovoltaics

AA Ryan, MO Senge - Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
As the world strives to create a more sustainable environment, green chemistry has come to
the fore in attempts to minimize the use of hazardous materials and shift the focus towards …

Antimicrobial Photodynamic therapy enhanced by the peptide aurein 1.2

LM De Freitas, EN Lorenzón, NA Santos-Filho… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
In the past few years, the World Health Organization has been warning that the post-
antibiotic era is an increasingly real threat. The rising and disseminated resistance to …

Efficacy of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) for nonsurgical treatment of periodontal disease: a systematic review

MG Moro, VF de Carvalho, BA Godoy-Miranda… - Lasers in Medical …, 2021 - Springer
Although the standard treatment for periodontal disease is based on scaling and root
planing (SRP), the use of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) has been studied as a …

[HTML][HTML] Light-activated green drugs: How we can use them in photodynamic therapy and mass-produce them with biotechnological tools

E Foresto, P Gilardi, LE Ibarra, IS Cogno - Phytomedicine Plus, 2021 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising therapeutic approach to manage the resolution
of cancer. Plants in nature are one of the potential sources for obtaining new …

The role of porphyrinoid photosensitizers for skin wound healing

MCS Vallejo, NMM Moura, ATPC Gomes… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Microorganisms, usually bacteria and fungi, grow and spread in skin wounds, causing
infections. These infections trigger the immune system and cause inflammation and tissue …

Chitosan-based drug delivery systems for optimization of photodynamic therapy: a review

GMF Calixto, SR de Annunzio, FD Victorelli… - Aaps Pharmscitech, 2019 - Springer
Drug delivery systems (DDS) can be designed to enrich the pharmacological and
therapeutic properties of several drugs. Many of the initial obstacles that impeded the clinical …