Potentiation of Antimicrobial Photodynamic Inactivation Mediated by a Cationic Fullerene by Added Iodide: <i>In Vitro</i> and <i>in Vivo</i> Studies

Abstract

The mechanism may involve photoinduced electron reduction of (1)(C60>)* or (3)(C60>)* by iodide producing I· or I2 followed by subsequent intermolecular electron-transfer events of (C60>)-· to produce reactive radicals.