Identification of carbonylated proteins in a bactericidal process induced by curcumin with blue light irradiation on imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

摘要

Rationale Antimicrobial photodynamic treatment is potentially an alternative to antibiotics and is also effective against viruses, fungi and some cancers. Our previous studies have shown that blue light combined with curcumin, a chemical from the turmeric plant, exerted effective antimicrobial activity via photodynamic treatment. The study reported in this paper investigates which target proteins are affected after the treatment.