Nela Malatesti

University of Rijeka — Croatia

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies(35), Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry(26), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics(19), Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies(9), Crystallization and Solubility Studies(7)

Publications69 total

Photodynamic Approaches for Water Remediation
Comprehensive series in photochemistry and photobiology/Comprehensive series in photochemical & photobiological sciences·2026
(Oxidopyridyl)Porphyrins of Different Lipophilicity: Photophysical Properties, ROS Production and Phototoxicity on Melanoma Cells Under CoCl2-Induced Hypoxia
Antioxidants·2025Open Access
Impact of the hydrophilic-lipophilic balance of free-base and Zn(II) tricationic pyridiniumporphyrins and irradiation wavelength in PDT against the melanoma cell lines
European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry·2024· 4 cited
Systemic Effects of Photoactivated 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(N-methylpyridinium-3-yl) Porphyrin on Healthy Drosophila melanogaster
BioTech·2024Open Access
Photodynamic Inactivation of Opportunistic Premise Plumbing Pathogens and Their Biofilms
Processes·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Photodynamic inactivation of multidrug-resistant strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in municipal wastewater by tetracationic porphyrin and violet-blue light: The impact of wastewater constituents
PLoS ONE·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
Photophysical properties of 5-(4-acetamidophenyl)-10,15,20-tris(N-methylpyridinium-3-yl)porphyrin trichloride and its Zn(II) complex
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry·2023· 5 cited
Combination of Two Photosensitisers in Anticancer, Antimicrobial and Upconversion Photodynamic Therapy
Pharmaceuticals·2023· 16 citedOpen Access
Photodynamic Inhibition of Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Infection by Tricationic Amphiphilic Porphyrin with a Long Alkyl Chain
Pharmaceutics·2023· 9 citedOpen Access
Several Mechanisms Contribute to Photodynamic Inhibition of Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Infection by Tricationic Amphiphilic Porphyrin with a Long Alkyl Chain
SSRN Electronic Journal·2022Open Access
Photodynamic Inactivation of Legionella pneumophila Biofilm Formation by Cationic Tetra- and Tripyridylporphyrins in Waters of Different Hardness
International Journal of Molecular Sciences·2021· 8 citedOpen Access
Targeting Microenvironment of Melanoma and Head and Neck Cancersin Photodynamic Therapy
Current Medicinal Chemistry·2021· 7 cited
Synthesis, photophysical, photochemical and photobiological properties of amphiphilic Zn(II) and free base tripyridylporphyrins
2021
Cationic tripyridylporphyrins and their Zn(II)complexes: a comparison of 645 nm with605 nm light irradiation for PDT
2021
Water hardness shows strong impact on the photodynamic activity of cationic pyridylporphyrins against Legionella pneumophila and biofilm
2021
Zn(II) and free base N-methylated tripyridylporphyrins: impact of solubility and light excitation wavelength on PDT effect
2021
Cationic Porphyrins as Effective Agents in Photodynamic Inactivation of Opportunistic Plumbing Pathogen Legionella pneumophila
International Journal of Molecular Sciences·2020· 13 citedOpen Access
Marine Natural Products with High Anticancer Activities
Current Medicinal Chemistry·2020· 53 cited
PDT potential of amphiphilic free-base and Zn(II) tripyridylporphyrins
2020
Photodynamic activity of amphiphilic tripyridylporphyrins on melanoma cells
2020
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Martina Mušković(14), Martin Lončarić(10), Ivana Gobin(10), Jason Eames(8), Majid Motevalli(6), Andrija Lesar(5), Gabrijela Begić(5), Ivana Ratkaj(5), Igor Jurak(4), Karen Smith(4), Gregory S. Coumbarides(4), Huguette Savoie(3), Ross W. Boyle(3), John Greenman(3), Vlatka Gvozdić(3), Josip Brana(3), Danijela Roland(3), Maja Cokarić Brdovčak(3), Klaudia Knežević(3), Antonija Jurak Begonja(3)