Effect of Solubilizing Group on the Antibacterial Activity of Heptamethine Cyanine Photosensitizers

• Main Authors: Olga Semenova (Author), Dmytro Kobzev (Author), Iryna Hovor (Author), Melad Atrash (Author), Faina Nakonechny (Author), Olesia Kulyk (Author), Andrii Bazylevich (Author), Gary Gellerman (Author), Leonid Patsenker (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Antibiotic resistance of pathogenic bacteria dictates the development of novel treatment modalities such as antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (APDT) utilizing organic dyes termed photosensitizers that exhibit a high cytotoxicity upon light irradiation. Most of the clinically approved photosensitize...