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- Title
Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy and photodynamic inactivation, or killing bugs with dyes and light--a symposium-in-print.
- Authors
Hamblin, Michael R
- Abstract
In antimicrobial photodynamic therapy, the photosensitizer (PS) in its ground singlet state absorbs light to give the excited singlet state that can transition to the long-lived triplet state. This PS triplet may undergo energy transfer (Type 2) or electron transfer (Type 1) to oxygen to form reactive oxygen species (singlet oxygen and/or hydroxyl radicals) that can kill both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and fungi. Infections in animal models can also be treated.
- Publication
Photochemistry and photobiology, 2012, Vol 88, Issue 3, p496
- ISSN
1751-1097
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1751-1097.2012.01139.x