- Photochemical behavior of biosupramolecular assemblies of photosensitizers, cucurbit[n]urils and albumins.
Photochemical behavior of biosupramolecular assemblies of photosensitizers, cucurbit[n]urils and albumins.
Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP (2017-01-07)
Javiera Cáceres, José Robinson-Duggon, Anita Tapia, Constanza Paiva, Matías Gómez, Cornelia Bohne, Denis Fuentealba
PMID28059428
ABSTRACT
Biosupramolecular assemblies combining cucurbit[n]urils (CB[n]s) and proteins for the targeted delivery of drugs have the potential to improve the photoactivity of photosensitizers used in the photodynamic therapy of cancer. Understanding the complexity of these systems and how it affects the properties of photosensitizers is the focus of this work. We used acridine orange (AO