%R 10.1039/d3cc06130b %N 30 %D 2024 %L scholars19815 %J Chemical Communications %O cited By 0 %K Controlled drug delivery; Ionic liquids; Targeted drug delivery, Dimyristoyl; Drug encapsulation efficiency; Ethosomes; High molecular weight; Long term stability; Phosphatidyl choline; Skin permeation; Transdermal delivery, Insulin, 1,2 dimyristoyl sn glycero 3 phosphatidylcholine; ethosome; insulin; ionic liquid; liposome; macrogol; nanoparticle; phosphatidylcholine; phospholipid; unclassified drug; dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine; drug; insulin, Article; cell viability; circular dichroism; confocal laser scanning microscopy; dispersity; drug delivery system; emulsion; encapsulation; molecular dynamics; molecular weight; particle size; phospholipid vesicle; photon correlation spectroscopy; spectrofluorometry; transmission electron microscopy; volatilization; X ray diffraction; zeta potential; cutaneous drug administration; skin, Administration, Cutaneous; Dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine; Insulin; Ionic Liquids; Liposomes; Pharmaceutical Preparations; Skin %X Herein, we report ethosome (ET) formulations composed of a safe amount of 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine (DMPC)-based ionic liquid with various concentrations of ethanol as a carrier for the transdermal delivery of a high molecular weight drug, insulin. The Insulin-loaded ET vesicles exhibited long-term stability compared to conventional DMPC ETs, showing significantly higher drug encapsulation efficiency and increased skin permeation ability. © 2024 The Royal Society of Chemistry. %P 4036-4039 %I Royal Society of Chemistry %V 60 %A F.H. Nabila %A R. Islam %A I.M. Shimul %A M. Moniruzzaman %A R. Wakabayashi %A N. Kamiya %A M. Goto %T Ionic liquid-mediated ethosome for transdermal delivery of insulin