JUL 30, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Tuning optical properties, charge transfer and anticancer activity of curcumin-cyanine conjugates: A combined experimental and DFT study.
Spectrochimica Acta. Part A, Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
Early-stage structure-activity study of novel synthetic compounds with in vitro cytotoxicity data but no in vivo validation, mechanistic proof of PDT efficacy, or clinical translation.
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Absorption wavelength range (λmax)494–656 nm
IC50 for compound 4d in MCF-7 cel…∼ 10 μM