Nitrosyl ruthenium-quantum dot compounds as nitric oxide and singlet oxygen producer agents: photochemical, photophysical and cytotoxical aspects

• Grant number: 10/11937-5
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: February 01, 2011
• End date: July 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Inorganic Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Roberto Santana da Silva
• Grantee: Roberto Santana da Silva
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto (FCFRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant(s): 12/50934-7 - Nitric oxide release in ruthenium complexes: photophysical and photochemical studies in tailored compounds. Analysis of citotoxicity in vitro and in vivo, AP.R; 12/50588-1 - Evaluation of the synergistic effects of nitric oxide and singlet oxygen produced by ruthenium-phthalocyanine complexes in lung tumors: photochemical and photophysical studies, in vitro and in vivo cytotoxicity, AP.R

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