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Fluorescent and Phosphorescent Nitrogen-Containing Heterocycles and Crown Ethers: Biological and Pharmaceutical Applications

Fluorescent molecules absorb photons of specific wavelengths and emit a longer wavelength photon within nanoseconds. Recently, fluorescent materials have been widely used in the life and material sciences. Fluorescently labelled heterocyclic compounds are useful in bioanalytical applications, includ...

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Autores principales: Ullah, Faiz, Ullah, Sami, Khan, Muhammad Farhan Ali, Mustaqeem, Muhammad, Paracha, Rizwan Nasir, Rehman, Muhammad Fayyaz ur, Kanwal, Fariha, Hassan, Syed Shams ul, Bungau, Simona
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9573242/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36235167
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules27196631
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author Ullah, Faiz
Ullah, Sami
Khan, Muhammad Farhan Ali
Mustaqeem, Muhammad
Paracha, Rizwan Nasir
Rehman, Muhammad Fayyaz ur
Kanwal, Fariha
Hassan, Syed Shams ul
Bungau, Simona
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Ullah, Sami
Khan, Muhammad Farhan Ali
Mustaqeem, Muhammad
Paracha, Rizwan Nasir
Rehman, Muhammad Fayyaz ur
Kanwal, Fariha
Hassan, Syed Shams ul
Bungau, Simona
author_sort Ullah, Faiz
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description Fluorescent molecules absorb photons of specific wavelengths and emit a longer wavelength photon within nanoseconds. Recently, fluorescent materials have been widely used in the life and material sciences. Fluorescently labelled heterocyclic compounds are useful in bioanalytical applications, including in vivo imaging, high throughput screening, diagnostics, and light-emitting diodes. These compounds have various therapeutic properties, including antifungal, antitumor, antimalarial, anti-inflammatory, and analgesic activities. Different neutral fluorescent markers containing nitrogen heterocycles (quinolones, azafluoranthenes, pyrazoloquinolines, etc.) have several electrochemical, biological, and nonlinear optic applications. Photodynamic therapy (PDT), which destroys tumors and keeps normal tissues safe, works in the presence of molecular oxygen with light and a photosensitizing drugs (dye) to obtain a therapeutic effect. These compounds can potentially be effective templates for producing devices used in biological research. Blending crown compounds with fluorescent residues to create sensors has been frequently investigated. Florescent heterocyclic compounds (crown ether) increase metal solubility in non-aqueous fluids, broadening the application window. Fluorescent supramolecular polymers have widespread use in fluorescent materials, fluorescence probing, data storage, bio-imaging, drug administration, reproduction, biocatalysis, and cancer treatment. The employment of fluorophores, including organic chromophores and crown ethers, which have high selectivity, sensitivity, and stability constants, opens up new avenues for research. Fluorescent organic compounds are gaining importance in the biological world daily because of their diverse functionality with remarkable structural features and positive properties in the fields of medicine, photochemistry, and spectroscopy.
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spelling pubmed-95732422022-10-17 Fluorescent and Phosphorescent Nitrogen-Containing Heterocycles and Crown Ethers: Biological and Pharmaceutical Applications Ullah, Faiz Ullah, Sami Khan, Muhammad Farhan Ali Mustaqeem, Muhammad Paracha, Rizwan Nasir Rehman, Muhammad Fayyaz ur Kanwal, Fariha Hassan, Syed Shams ul Bungau, Simona Molecules Review Fluorescent molecules absorb photons of specific wavelengths and emit a longer wavelength photon within nanoseconds. Recently, fluorescent materials have been widely used in the life and material sciences. Fluorescently labelled heterocyclic compounds are useful in bioanalytical applications, including in vivo imaging, high throughput screening, diagnostics, and light-emitting diodes. These compounds have various therapeutic properties, including antifungal, antitumor, antimalarial, anti-inflammatory, and analgesic activities. Different neutral fluorescent markers containing nitrogen heterocycles (quinolones, azafluoranthenes, pyrazoloquinolines, etc.) have several electrochemical, biological, and nonlinear optic applications. Photodynamic therapy (PDT), which destroys tumors and keeps normal tissues safe, works in the presence of molecular oxygen with light and a photosensitizing drugs (dye) to obtain a therapeutic effect. These compounds can potentially be effective templates for producing devices used in biological research. Blending crown compounds with fluorescent residues to create sensors has been frequently investigated. Florescent heterocyclic compounds (crown ether) increase metal solubility in non-aqueous fluids, broadening the application window. Fluorescent supramolecular polymers have widespread use in fluorescent materials, fluorescence probing, data storage, bio-imaging, drug administration, reproduction, biocatalysis, and cancer treatment. The employment of fluorophores, including organic chromophores and crown ethers, which have high selectivity, sensitivity, and stability constants, opens up new avenues for research. Fluorescent organic compounds are gaining importance in the biological world daily because of their diverse functionality with remarkable structural features and positive properties in the fields of medicine, photochemistry, and spectroscopy. MDPI 2022-10-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9573242/ /pubmed/36235167 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules27196631 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Review
Ullah, Faiz
Ullah, Sami
Khan, Muhammad Farhan Ali
Mustaqeem, Muhammad
Paracha, Rizwan Nasir
Rehman, Muhammad Fayyaz ur
Kanwal, Fariha
Hassan, Syed Shams ul
Bungau, Simona
Fluorescent and Phosphorescent Nitrogen-Containing Heterocycles and Crown Ethers: Biological and Pharmaceutical Applications
title Fluorescent and Phosphorescent Nitrogen-Containing Heterocycles and Crown Ethers: Biological and Pharmaceutical Applications
title_full Fluorescent and Phosphorescent Nitrogen-Containing Heterocycles and Crown Ethers: Biological and Pharmaceutical Applications
title_fullStr Fluorescent and Phosphorescent Nitrogen-Containing Heterocycles and Crown Ethers: Biological and Pharmaceutical Applications
title_full_unstemmed Fluorescent and Phosphorescent Nitrogen-Containing Heterocycles and Crown Ethers: Biological and Pharmaceutical Applications
title_short Fluorescent and Phosphorescent Nitrogen-Containing Heterocycles and Crown Ethers: Biological and Pharmaceutical Applications
title_sort fluorescent and phosphorescent nitrogen-containing heterocycles and crown ethers: biological and pharmaceutical applications
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9573242/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36235167
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules27196631
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