Ionic liquids: new forms of active pharmaceutical ingredients with unique, tunable properties

JL Shamshina, RD Rogers - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
This Review aims to summarize advances over the last 15 years in the development of
active pharmaceutical ingredient ionic liquids (API-ILs), which make up a prospective game …

Review of ionic liquid and ionogel-based biomaterials for advanced drug delivery

M Kuddushi, BB Xu, N Malek, X Zhang - Advances in Colloid and Interface …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ionic liquids (ILs) play a crucial role in the design of novel materials. The ionic nature of ILs
provides numerous advantages in drug delivery, acting as a green solvent or active …

Ionic liquid transdermal delivery system: Progress, prospects, and challenges

B Lu, T Liu, H Wang, C Wu, H Chen, Z Liu… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the drug delivery system, the transdermal drug delivery system has the advantages of
painless administration, avoiding the first-pass metabolism, sustained therapeutic effect, and …

Recent advances in biocompatible ionic liquids in drug formulation and delivery

RM Moshikur, RL Carrier, M Moniruzzaman, M Goto - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The development of effective drug formulations and delivery systems for newly developed or
marketed drug molecules remains a significant challenge. These drugs can exhibit …

Active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) in ionic liquids: An effective approach for API physiochemical parameter optimization

M Handa, WH Almalki, R Shukla, O Afzal… - Drug Discovery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Ionic liquids (ILs) are ions-based substances with melting points below 100
C.•Versatile nature and properties of ILs made it as solvent and designer …

Transformation of hydrophilic drug into oil-miscible ionic liquids for transdermal drug delivery

R Md Moshikur, IM Shimul, S Uddin… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The transdermal delivery of hydrophilic drugs remains challenging owing to their poor ability
to permeate the skin; formulation with oil media is difficult without adding chemical …

Ionic liquid-based formulation approaches for enhanced transmucosal drug delivery

O Khan, R Bhawale, R Vasave, NK Mehra - Drug Discovery Today, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•ILs, a potential approach for improving physico-chemical and biological
properties of APIs.•Mucus membranes serves as a barrier for drug delivery.•Choline-based …

Advances in ionic liquids as future anti-cancer drugs

I Ali, M Hozaifa, S Ali, A Malik, M Locatelli - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2023 - Elsevier
Ionic liquids are a very important class of molecules being used in a wide range of
applications. Recently, ionic liquids have been tested as anti-cancer agents and found …

An update on synthesis, properties, applications and toxicity of the ILs

APS Raman, MB Singh, P Jain, P Chaudhary… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ionic liquids (ILs) have been in utility since the beginning of the 1980s due to their vast
range of features, uses, and environmentally acceptable nature. They have been presented …

Nanocarriers for methotrexate delivery/codelivery in the frame of cancer diagnostics and treatment: a review

M Mukhtar, AL Ezra Manicum… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Cancer is one of the most life-threatening family of diseases that cause death worldwide. As
a highly researched and successful therapeutic agent, methotrexate (MTX) treats many solid …