Curcumin uptake enhancement using low dose light illumination during incubation in Candida albicans

Renan A. Romano; Sebastião Pratavieira; Ana P. da Silva; Cristina Kurachi; Vanderlei S. Bagnato; Francisco E. G. Guimarães

doi:10.1117/12.2286271

28 July 2017 Curcumin uptake enhancement using low dose light illumination during incubation in Candida albicans

Renan A. Romano, Sebastião Pratavieira, Ana P. da Silva, Cristina Kurachi, Vanderlei S. Bagnato, Francisco E. G. Guimarães

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Proceedings Volume 10413, Novel Biophotonics Techniques and Applications IV; 104130N (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2286271
Event: European Conferences on Biomedical Optics, 2017, Munich, Germany

Abstract

A new PDI protocol is presented in this study. C. albicans cells pre-illuminated with a low dose light demonstrated an increase of curcumin uptake when compared to dark incubation, leading to a higher PDI efficacy.

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Renan A. Romano, Sebastião Pratavieira, Ana P. da Silva, Cristina Kurachi, Vanderlei S. Bagnato, and Francisco E. G. Guimarães "Curcumin uptake enhancement using low dose light illumination during incubation in Candida albicans", Proc. SPIE 10413, Novel Biophotonics Techniques and Applications IV, 104130N (28 July 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2286271

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