Devashish Sengupta

About

Photosensitizers composed of fullerenes, porphyrins and Quinazolinones: Their Design, Synthesis, Characterization and Both Light Activated and/or Non-PDT Biological Applications in the Field of Cancer Photodynamic Therapy, antimicrobial PDT and Anti-Viral Activity.

Employment

• Assam University Professor
  2008 - Present

Education

• The University of Sydney Doctor of Philosophy
  2002 - 2007

Projects & Funding

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Publications (20)

• Black turmeric (Curcuma caesia) derived biogenic carbon nanodots: green synthesis, characterization, in vitro antioxidant potential, bio-evaluation studies, and photocatalyti…
  Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures 2026 DOI: 10.1080/1536383x.2026.2701959
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• Anti-HIV and anti-SARS-CoV-2 potential of functionalized meso‑4-carboxy & 4-hydroxy substituted porphyrins: Evidence for receptor-binding mechanisms dominating over singlet oxygen pathways
  Journal of Molecular Structure 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2026.146596
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• Photodynamic Anticancer Efficacy of meso‐tris‐p‐Carboxyphenylporphyrin‐Fullerene Dyads: Apoptosis Induction and Mitochondrial Deregulation in Glioblastoma Therapy
  ChemMedChem 2025 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202500449
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• Zinc Complexes of Cationic Ammonium Phenyl and Methylpyridinium Porphyrins Display Synergistic Anti-HIV-1 and Broad-Spectrum Antibacterial Activity
  ACS Omega 2025 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c09535
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• Fullerene (C60 & C70)‐Meso‐Tris‐4‐Carboxyphenyl Porphyrin Dyads Inhibit Entry of Wild‐Type and Drug‐Resistant HIV‐1 Clades B and C
  Journal of Medical Virology 2025 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.70181
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• Pioneering the Photoactive Relevance of Quinazolinone–Fullereropyrrolidine Nanohybrids To Address Chemotherapeutic Resistance in Cancer
  ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters 2024 DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.4c00187
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• Porphyrins with combinations of 4-carboxyphenyl and 4-hydroxyphenyl substituents in meso-positions as anti-HIV-1 agents
  Scientific Reports 2024 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-60728-w
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• A Tris-Aldehyde Porphyrin Synthon: Synthesis and Characterization of 5,10,15-tris-(4’-(4-Formylphenoxy) propoxyphenyl)-20-(4-nitrophenyl)-porphyrin
  Organic Preparations and Procedures International 2024 DOI: 10.1080/00304948.2023.2207443
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• Microwave-assisted Synthesis of 3-amino-2-phenylquinazolin-4(3H)-one (QH) and 4-oxo-2-phenylquinazoline-3(4H)-carbothioamide (QTh)
  Current Microwave Chemistry 2023 DOI: 10.2174/2213335610666230516165046
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• A Photoactive Magnetic Nanoparticle-Porphyrin Biomaterial Capable of Upregulation of Cancer PDT Having a Concomitant Immune Signature in Noncancerous Cells
  BioNanoScience 2023 DOI: 10.1007/s12668-023-01104-2
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