Introduction: In recent years, bismuth-based nanomaterials have been widely used in medical researches as imaging, drug delivery and x-ray radiosensitizing agents. Due to their anti-microbial effects against Helicobacter pylori (HP), bismuth colloidal compounds are used to treat various types of diseases such as chronic gastritis. Despite their advantages, bismuth-based compoun...

Introduction During the process photodynamic therapy (PDT), bleaching of photosensitizer induced by irradiation and generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) can provide some information concerning the efficiency of treatment. Since gold nanoparticles (GNPs) have been highlighted as efficient drug delivery systems, in this study, by utilizing GNPs conjugated with 5 aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA-...

introduction during the process photodynamic therapy (pdt), bleaching of photosensitizer induced by irradiation and generation of reactive oxygen species (ros) can provide some information concerning the efficiency of treatment. since gold nanoparticles (gnps) have been highlighted as efficient drug delivery systems, in this study, by utilizing gnps conjugated with 5 aminolevulinic acid (5-ala-...

Photodynamic medicine is a novel approach for cancer detection and treatment via different photosensitizers and suitable light source. The 5-Aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) can be converted into protoporphyrin IX (PpIX), and in cancer cells which serves as a fluorescent probe for tumor detection. In this study, folic acid was conjugated onto chitosan molecules via covalent bond for specific target,...

PURPOSE As a precursor of the potent photosensitizer protoporphyrin IX (PpIX), 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA), was conjugated onto cationic gold nanoparticles (GNPs) to improve the efficacy of photodynamic therapy (PDT). METHODS Cationic GNPs reduced by branched polyethyleneimine and 5-ALA were conjugated onto the cationic GNPs by creating an electrostatic interaction at physiological pH. The ...

In photodynamic therapy (PDT) for cancer treatment, effective delivery of photosensitizer to the target tumor and minimal damage to the healthy cell is of paramount importance. In this study novel biocompatible positively charged (ξ = +33 mV) gold nanoparticles (30 nm average diameter) are conjugated with a photosensitizing precursor, 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) at physiological pH (pH 7.2 to 7...

In this brief review, gold nanoparticles conjugated with functional polymers are described from the viewpoint of application to sensing materials. The optical properties of gold nanoparticles, the synthesis of polymer-functionalized gold nanoparticles, and their analytical applications are discussed. Polymer-functionalized gold nanoparticles are categorized into two classes: biopolymer-conjugat...

Real-time imaging of small tumors is still one of the challenges in cancer diagnosis, prognosis, and monitoring of clinical outcome. Targeting novel biomarkers that are selectively expressed on a large variety of different tumors but not normal cells has the potential to improve the imaging capacity of existing methods such as computed tomography. Herein, we present a novel technique using cmHs...