Novel Oxygen- and Curcumin-Laden Ionic Liquid@Silica Nanocapsules for Enhanced Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy

Novel Oxygen- and Curcumin-Laden Ionic Liquid@Silica Nanocapsules for Enhanced Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy

The efficiency of photodynamic therapy is often limited by the scarcity of oxygen at the target site. To address this problem, this work proposes the development of a new nanosystem for antimicrobial photodynamic therapy applications (aPDT) where the natural-origin photosensitizer curcumin (CUR) is...

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Main Authors: Joana Henriques, João Pina, Mara E. M. Braga, Ana M. A. Dias, Patrícia Coimbra, Hermínio C. de Sousa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-03-01
Series:Pharmaceutics
Subjects:
silica nanocapsules
curcumin
ionic liquids
oxygen storage/release
photodynamic inactivation
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4923/15/4/1080

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