Curcumin loaded Ag–TiO<sub>2</sub>-halloysite nanotubes platform for combined chemo-photodynamic therapy treatment of cancer cells
Emmanuel Nyankson, Dominic Awuzah, Elvis K. Tiburu, J.K. Efavi, Benjamin Agyei‐Tuffour, Lily Paemka
Abstract
The synergy between photogenerated reactive oxygen species and the anticancer potency of curcumin was examined by exposing HeLa cancer cells to irradiated curcumin loaded halloysite nanotubes-Ag–TiO 2 nanomaterial. 0% cell viability was obtained.
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HalloysiteCurcuminPhotodynamic therapyMaterials scienceNanotechnologyChemistryMedicinePharmacologyComposite materialOrganic chemistryCurcumin's Biomedical ApplicationsPhotodynamic Therapy Research StudiesPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry