Evaluation of positively charged benzothioxanthene imide derivatives as potential photosensitizers for antimicrobial photodynamic therapy

This work was supported by the Associate Laboratory for Green Chemistry -LAQV which is financed by national funds from FCT/MCTES as well as the Scientific Society PROTEOMASS (Portugal) for funding support (General Funding Grant 2023-2024). E.O thanks FCT/MEC (Portugal) for the individual contract, CEECIND/05280/2022. The MITI, from CNRS, is acknowledged for the PhD grants of both A.K and D.P.S. C.L thanks to the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) by the Sustainable Laboratories Grant 2023 (Reference L23-8861107285)