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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Porphyrin Derivative Nanoformulations for Therapy and Antiparasitic Agents.

Daiana K Deda, Bernardo A Iglesias, Eduardo Alves, Koiti Araki, Celia R S Garcia

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. PCN-224(M)@FeiScience · 2026
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  2. First evidence of photoinactivation of rapidly growing mycobacteria by tetra-cationic porphyrins with peripheral cisplatin.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Daiana K DedaDepartment of Fundamental Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Sao Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes 748, Butanta, Sao Paulo, SP 05508-000, Brazil.
Bernardo A IglesiasBioinorganic and Porphyrinoid Materials Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Santa Maria, Av. Roraima 1000, Camobi, Santa Maria, RS 97105-900, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-4039-6316
Eduardo AlvesDepartment of Life Science, Imperial College London, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Koiti ArakiDepartment of Fundamental Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Sao Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes 748, Butanta, Sao Paulo, SP 05508-000, Brazil.
Celia R S GarciaDepartment of Clinical and Toxicological Analyses, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 580, Sao Paulo, SP 05508-900, Brazil.
Universidade de São Paulo · BRImperial College London · GBUniversidade Federal de Santa Maria · BR

Funding

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo 2017/08684-7Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo 2018/07177-7Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo 2018/21489-1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Porphyrins and analogous macrocycles exhibit interesting photochemical, catalytic, and luminescence properties demonstrating high potential in the treatment of several diseases. Among them can be highlighted the possibility of application in photodynamic therapy and antimicrobial/antiparasitic PDT, for example, of malaria parasite. However, the low efficiency generally associated with their low solubility in water and bioavailability have precluded biomedical applications. Nanotechnology can provide efficient strategies to enhance bioavailability and incorporate targeted delivery properties to conventional pharmaceuticals, enhancing the effectiveness and reducing the toxicity, thus improving the adhesion to the treatment. In this way, those limitations can be overcome by using two main strategies: (1) Incorporation of hydrophilic substituents into the macrocycle ring while controlling the interaction with biological systems and (2) by including them in nanocarriers and delivery nanosystems. This review will focus on antiparasitic drugs based on porphyrin derivatives developed according to these two strategies, considering their vast and increasing applications befitting the multiple roles of these compounds in nature.

Indexed as

Drug CompoundingAntiparasitic AgentsBiosensing TechniquesHumansIndolesIsoindolesMolecular StructurePorphyrinsStructure-Activity RelationshipAntiparasitic AgentsIndolesIsoindolesphthalocyaninePorphyrinsmalariamicellesnanocapsulesnanoformulationporphyrins

Identifiers

PMID32365664
PMCPMC7249045
OpenAlexW3021567119

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