Oxovanadium(IV)-based near-IR PDT agents: design to biological evaluation.
An oxovanadium(IV) complex of dipyridophenazine, as a potent metal-based PDT agent, shows efficient DNA photocleavage activity at near-IR region and high photocytotoxicity in both UV-A and visible light in HeLa cells.
Sasmal
Pijus K
PK
Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India.
Saha
Sounik
S
Majumdar
Ritankar
R
Dighe
Rajan R
RR
Chakravarty
Akhil R
AR
D015195:Drug Design; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D019265:Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared / Q000379:methods*; D014639:Vanadium / Q000737:chemistry*
D014639:Vanadium