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Beltran-Leal,Adriana; Muñoz-Ruiz,Abraham; Esparza-Villalpando,Vicente; Castro,Yolanda; Pozos-Guillen,Amaury; Flores,Héctor. |
The purpose of the study was to evaluate the antibacterial effect of protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) generated by the exogenous administration of 5-aminolevulinic acid or δ-ALA and activated with an argon laser over a planktonic and biofilm of Enterococcus faecalis (E. faecalis) as a pharmacological therapy alternative. A planktonic strain of E. faecalis was cultured with a solution of ∂-ALA (40 µg/mL)-thioglycolate solution for 13 min, and a biofilm of E. faecalis was cultured in a δ-ALA (80 µg/mL)-thioglycolate solution for 13 min. Then, both were irradiated with an argon laser. Finally, the antibacterial effect was evaluated by counting the CFU in planktonic form, and a LIVE/DEAD viability cell test. The production and accumulation of PpIX from exogenously... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Biofilm; Photodynamic therapy; 5-aminolevulinic acid. |
Ano: 2020 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502020000100572 |
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Pierre,Maria Bernadete Riemma; Lopez,Renata Fonseca Vianna; Bentley,Maria Vitória Lopes Badra. |
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) based on topical 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA), an endogenous precursor of protoporphyrin, is an interesting approach for the treatment of skin cancer. However, 5-ALA is a hydrophilic molecule and such a characteristic limits its appropriate cutaneous penetration and retention. In this way, more lipophilic molecules, such as esterified 5-ALA derivatives, have been under investigation in order to improve the skin penetration of this molecule. Drug formulation can also alter 5-ALA skin penetration. Therefore, the aim of this work was to study the influence of ceramide 2 - the main lipid of the SC- on the cutaneous delivery of 5-ALA and its ester derivatives in vitro, using Franz diffusion cell. The skin permeation of all studied... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: 5-aminolevulinic acid; Ceramide 2; In vitro/Skin permeation; In vitro/Skin retention; Photodynamic therapy. |
Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502009000100013 |
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