Effectiveness of partially soluble photosensitizer in photodynamic microbiological inactivation: a curcumin example

Sebastião Pratavieira; Fatima Matroodi; Fabio Francisco Pinto-Júnior; Alessandra Nara Souza Rastelli; Vanderlei S. Bagnato; Francisco E. G. Guimarães

doi:10.1117/12.2282147

1 August 2017 Effectiveness of partially soluble photosensitizer in photodynamic microbiological inactivation: a curcumin example

Sebastião Pratavieira, Fatima Matroodi, Fabio Francisco Pinto-Júnior, Alessandra Nara Souza Rastelli, Vanderlei S. Bagnato, Francisco E. G. Guimarães

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Proceedings Volume 10417, Medical Laser Applications and Laser-Tissue Interactions VIII; 104170R (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2282147
Event: European Conferences on Biomedical Optics, 2017, Munich, Germany

Abstract

We show that partial solubility of a photosensitizer is not necessarily a bad property when dealing with microbiological control. The presence of curcumin aggregates in solution may present advantages with respect the photoand chemical stability.

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Sebastião Pratavieira, Fatima Matroodi, Fabio Francisco Pinto-Júnior, Alessandra Nara Souza Rastelli, Vanderlei S. Bagnato, and Francisco E. G. Guimarães "Effectiveness of partially soluble photosensitizer in photodynamic microbiological inactivation: a curcumin example", Proc. SPIE 10417, Medical Laser Applications and Laser-Tissue Interactions VIII, 104170R (1 August 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2282147

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