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Abstract
Novel 4- (5,10,15)-tris-boronphenyl-20-(4-formylphenoxy) porphyrin (complex 1) and its Zn-metalated derivative (complex 2) were synthesized and conjugated to bismuth doped carbon nanospheres (BiCNS) through non-covalent bonds (. The conjugation of BiCNS to porphyrin complexes enhanced the singlet oxygen production of porphyrin complexes, as it was observed that porphyrin complex 1 gave a singlet oxygen quantum yield (Φ∆) value of 0.17 and complex 2 gave Φ∆ of 0.23, and upon conjugation with BiCNS the Ф∆ values increased to 0.52 and 0.67, respectively. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) studies were performed against MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell line using these complexes and their conjugates and it was observed that BiCNS conjugates resulted in enhanced PDT activity when compared to CNS conjugates. Conjugates 2-CNS, and 2-BiCNS at the concentration of 100 µg/mL they resulted with cell viabilities of 28.43 and 26.82 %, respectively.
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Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy is an international journal for the dissemination of scientific knowledge and clinical developments of Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy in all medical specialties. The journal publishes original articles, review articles, case presentations, "how-to-do-it" articles, Letters to the Editor, short communications and relevant images with short descriptions. All submitted material is subject to a strict peer-review process.