Fibroblastoid mammary carcinoma cells photoinactivation employing an anthraquinone from Argentinean flora

Viña del Mar

Encuentro; XIV ELAFOT; 2019

Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Universidad Andrés Bello

Parietin (PTN), an anthraquinone (AQ) found in some vegetal species even lichens, has proven to be a good photosensitizer with promising applications in bacterial photoinactivation [1]. The aim of this work was to evaluate the in vitro activity of PTN as photosensitizer on a mammary carcinoma cell line in order to estimate its potential use in Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) of cancer