| Literature DB >> 31593645 |
Weizi Huang1, Xiying Wu2, Jianping Qi3, Quangang Zhu2, Wei Wu3, Yi Lu4, Zhongjian Chen5.
Abstract
Beyond their traditional use as green solvents, new applications have become available for ionic liquids (ILs) in drug delivery. Their flexible tunability enables task-specific optimization of ILs at molecular level. Thus, ILs have been exploited to improve the solubility and permeability of drugs and relieve the polymorphic problems associated with crystalline active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). Controlled preparation of drug nanocarriers are also achieved by using ILs either as media or as functional agents. Here, we highlight the importance and advantages of ILs in pharmaceutics and look towards the future of IL-based drug delivery.Year: 2019 PMID: 31593645 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2019.09.018
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Drug Discov Today ISSN: 1359-6446 Impact factor: 7.851