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Inactivation of Pathogens via Visible-Light Photolysis of Riboflavin-5′-Phosphate
Published on: April 6, 2022
Photodynamic inactivation of Escherichia coli by Ru(II) complexes
Wanhua Lei1, Qianxiong Zhou, Guoyu Jiang
1Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P R China.
Abstract:
[Ru(II)(bpy)(2)(dppn)](2+) (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine, dppn = 4,5,9,16-tetraazadibenzo[a,c]naphthacene) was found to be able to photoinactivate Gram-negative Escherichia coli efficiently, showing the potential of transition-metal complexes as photosensitizers in the field of photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT).

