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

Medical Laser Applications and Laser-Tissue Interactions VIII
SPIE Proceedings (Optica Publishing Group, 2017),
paper 104170R
•https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2282147

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, and Francisco E. G. Guimarães

European Conference on Biomedical Optics 2017

Munich Germany
25–29 June 2017
ISBN: 9781510612921

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S. Pratavieira, F. Matroodi, F. F. Pinto-Júnior, A. N. S. Rastelli, V. S. Bagnato, and F. E. G. Guimarães, "Effectiveness of Partially Soluble Photosensitizer in Photodynamic Microbiological Inactivation: A Curcumin Example," in Medical Laser Applications and Laser-Tissue Interactions VIII, L. Lilge, ed., Vol. 10417 of SPIE Proceedings (Optica Publishing Group, 2017), paper 104170R.

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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 photo- and chemical stability.

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