Biological activity of ionic liquids and their application in pharmaceutics and medicine

KS Egorova, EG Gordeev, VP Ananikov - Chemical reviews, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
Ionic liquids are remarkable chemical compounds, which find applications in many areas of
modern science. Because of their highly tunable nature and exceptional properties, ionic …

Ionic liquid/water mixtures: from hostility to conciliation

Y Kohno, H Ohno - Chemical Communications, 2012‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Water was originally inimical to ionic liquids (ILs) especially in the analysis of their detailed
properties. Various data on the properties of ILs indicate that there are two ways to design …

Proteins in ionic liquids: Reactions, applications, and futures

A Schindl, ML Hagen, S Muzammal… - Frontiers in …, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
Biopolymer processing and handling is greatly facilitated by the use of ionic liquids, given
the increased solubility, and in some cases, structural stability imparted to these molecules …

Biocompatibility of ionic liquids towards protein stability: A comprehensive overview on the current understanding and their implications

A Kumar, M Bisht, P Venkatesu - International journal of biological …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Over the past years since the discovery of ionic liquids (ILs), there is an increased demand
to consider ILs as novel biocompatible co-solvents for proteins. Due to their tunable physical …

Efficient ionic liquid-based platform for multi-enzymatic conversion of carbon dioxide to methanol

Z Zhang, J Muschiol, Y Huang, SB Sigurdardóttir… - Green …, 2018‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Low yields commonly obtained during enzymatic conversion of CO2 to methanol are
attributed to low CO2 solubility in water. In this study, four selected ionic liquids with high …

Good's buffers as a basis for develo** self-buffering and biocompatible ionic liquids for biological research

M Taha, FA e Silva, MV Quental, SPM Ventura… - Green …, 2014‏ - pubs.rsc.org
This work reports a promising approach to the development of novel self-buffering and
biocompatible ionic liquids for biological research in which the anions are derived from …

[HTML][HTML] Small angle X-ray scattering investigation of ionic liquid effect on the aggregation behavior of globular proteins

Q Han, M El Mohamad, S Brown, J Zhai… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Globular proteins are well-folded model proteins, where ions can substantially influence
their structure and aggregation. Ionic liquids (ILs) are salts in the liquid state with versatile …

Cholinium-based ionic liquids attenuate the amyloid fibril formation of lysozyme: a greener concept of antiamyloidogenic ionic liquids

A Sindhu, RS Varma, P Venkatesu - ACS Sustainable Chemistry …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Amyloid fibrils share dominant β-sheet structures that form pathological deposits in human
organs causing various debilitating neurodegenerative diseases such as type II diabetes …

A protic ionic liquid attenuates the deleterious actions of urea on α-chymotrypsin

P Attri, P Venkatesu, A Kumar, N Byrne - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2011‏ - pubs.rsc.org
A protic ionic liquid attenuates the deleterious actions of urea on α-chymotrypsin - Physical
Chemistry Chemical Physics (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/C1CP22195G Royal Society of …

Tetrabutylammonium based ionic liquids (ILs) inhibit the amyloid aggregation of superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1)

M Kumari, S Sharma, S Deep - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Aggregation of a protein is associated with several biological and industrial processes:
some wanted and some unwanted. An understanding of the mechanism of modulation of …