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title: Ionic liquid-in-oil microemulsions prepared with biocompatible choline carboxylic acids for improving the transdermal delivery of a sparingly soluble drug
creator: Islam, M.R.
creator: Chowdhury, M.R.
creator: Wakabayashi, R.
creator: Kamiya, N.
creator: Moniruzzaman, M.
creator: Goto, M.
description: The transdermal delivery of sparingly soluble drugs is challenging due to of the need for a drug carrier. In the past few decades, ionic liquid (IL)-in-oil microemulsions (IL/O MEs) have been developed as potential carriers. By focusing on biocompatibility, we report on an IL/O ME that is designed to enhance the solubility and transdermal delivery of the sparingly soluble drug, acyclovir. The prepared MEs were composed of a hydrophilic IL (choline formate, choline lactate, or choline propionate) as the non-aqueous polar phase and a surface-active IL (choline oleate) as the surfactant in combination with sorbitan laurate in a continuous oil phase. The selected ILs were all biologically active ions. Optimized pseudo ternary phase diagrams indicated the MEs formed thermodynamically stable, spherically shaped, and nano-sized (<100 nm) droplets. An in vitro drug permeation study, using pig skin, showed the significantly enhanced permeation of acyclovir using the ME. A Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy study showed a reduction of the skin barrier function with the ME. Finally, a skin irritation study showed a high cell survival rate (>90) with the ME compared with Dulbecco�s phosphate-buffered saline, indicates the biocompatibility of the ME. Therefore, we conclude that IL/O ME may be a promising nano-carrier for the transdermal delivery of sparingly soluble drugs. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
publisher: MDPI AG
date: 2020
type: Article
type: PeerReviewed
identifier:   Islam, M.R. and Chowdhury, M.R. and Wakabayashi, R. and Kamiya, N. and Moniruzzaman, M. and Goto, M.  (2020) Ionic liquid-in-oil microemulsions prepared with biocompatible choline carboxylic acids for improving the transdermal delivery of a sparingly soluble drug.  Pharmaceutics, 12 (4).   ISSN 19994923     
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relation: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12040392
identifier: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12040392