The purpose of this review is to compile preclinical and clinical results on phthalocyanines
(Pcs) as photosensitizers (PS) for Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) and contrast agents for …

Faced with increasingly serious drug resistance and environmental pollution, there is an
urgent necessity to develop green and efficient pesticides with new mechanisms of action. A …

Objective To evaluate the response and efficacy of photodynamic therapy (PDT) with or
without loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP)/conization (Cone) to preserve fertility …

In this paper, we report the photodegradation of three different chlorine photosensitizers
(Photoditazine®, Radachlorin®, and Foscan®). The photosensitizer degradation was …

Nesta revisão são descritas algumas aplicações da luz em terapias fotônicas, em particular,
na terapia fotodinâmica (PDT) que envolve a combinação luz/fotossensibilizador/oxigênio …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising treatment on neoplastic pathologic tissues,
which involves the administration of a photosensitizing agent followed by the exposure of …

Photodynamic therapy, used mainly for cancer treatment and microorganisms inactivation, is
based on production of reactive oxygen species by light irradiation of a sensitizer …

The study was conducted to determine the effect of 405-nm diode laser irradiation on
periodontopathic bacteria such as Porphyromonas gingivalis in vitro. A diluted suspension …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS), namely superoxide anion (O2•−, singlet oxygen (1O2), are
potentially important substances for the mineralization of toxic organic molecules. The utility …

Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods (NRs) and ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) conjugated with
photosensitizers (5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA), protoporphyrin dimethyl ester (PPDME), or …