New insights on antibacterial mode of action of blue-light photoactivated berberine and curcumin-antibiotic combinations against Staphylococcus aureus

Ariana S.C. Gonçalves; José R. Fernandes; Maria José Saavedra; Nuno M. Guimarães; Cristiana Pereira; Manuel Simões; Anabela Borges

doi:10.1016/j.pdpdt.2025.104514

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New insights on antibacterial mode of action of blue-light photoactivated berberine and curcumin-antibiotic combinations against Staphylococcus aureus

Ariana S.C. Gonçalves José R. Fernandes Maria José Saavedra

Nuno M. Guimarães Cristiana Pereira Manuel Simões

Anabela Borges

Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy Vol. 52 pp. 104514 · Elsevier BV

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Ariana S.C. Gonçalves

Department of Veterinary Sciences, Laboratory Medical Microbiology, Antimicrobials, Biocides and Biofilms Unit, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal; CITAB—Center for the Research and Technology Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal; Inov4Agro—Associate Laboratory for Innovation, Capacity Building and Sustainability in Agri-Food Production, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal

LEPABE, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal;

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Anabela Borges

LEPABE, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal

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European Commission Award: 2023-Acess-02/Horizon-CSA

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Horizon Europe

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Ariana S.C. Gonçalves, José R. Fernandes, Maria José Saavedra, et al. (2025). New insights on antibacterial mode of action of blue-light photoactivated berberine and curcumin-antibiotic combinations against Staphylococcus aureus. Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, 52, 104514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdpdt.2025.104514

New insights on antibacterial mode of action of blue-light photoactivated berberine and curcumin-antibiotic combinations against Staphylococcus aureus

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