Photo- and Sonodynamic Antimicrobial and Anticancer Compounds
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Medicinal Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 1976
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The problem of multidrug resistance in the treatment of infections and cancer cells has become one of the acute problems in medicine and community life. One of the alternatives to drugs, which cause resistance, is using photo- and sonosensitizers, which, according to the mechanism of their action, are not involved directly in the destruction of pathogenic cells but cause the production of reactive oxygen species or other free radicals, which are responsible for the eradication of microbial and cancer cells. Using photosensitizers demands illumination of the treated site by visible light and, for this reason, is mostly appropriate for superficial treatment, although chemiluminescent light can be applied instead of an external light source, thus enabling the use of photosensitizers for the treatment of internal infections. Sonosensitizers, which need ultrasound for excitation, can be applied in the dark, and this fact makes them suitable for application in the internal organs. Moreover, ultrasound can be focused on the site to be treated, thus enabling the excitation of sonosensitizers only in the needed region and decreasing any possible adverse effects of the treatment on normal cells.
Both photo- and sonosensitizers can be applied alone or in combination with other drugs. To increase the selectivity of the treatment, photo- and sonosensitizers can be conjugated with biomolecules, such as antibodies, lectins, or others, to make the drug delivery more specific.
This Special Issue aims to elucidate the latest advances in the field of photo- and sonodynamic treatment of pathogenic microorganisms, including bacteria and fungi, and cancer cells. We welcome high-quality reviews and research articles to be published in the current Special Issue. The topics of the Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following fields:
- Photodynamic antibacterial, antifungal, and anticancer treatment;
- Sonodynamic antibacterial, antifungal, and anticancer treatment;
- Combined photo- and sonodynamic antimicrobial and anticancer treatment;
- Targeted photo- and sonodynamic antimicrobial and anticancer treatment.
Prof. Dr. Marina Nisnevitch
Dr. Faina Nakonechny
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- photosensitizers
- sonosensitizers
- photodynamic treatment
- sonodynamic treatment
- antimicrobials
- anticancer treatment
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