INDEX
S. No. Particulars Page No.
1. INTRODUCTION 1-7
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 A Brief History of Ionic Liquids 5
1.3 Structure and Organization of Ionic Liquids 6
1.4 Generations of ionic liquids 6
2. ILS IN THE SYNTHESIS OF PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOUNDS 8-13
2.1 Overview 8
3. IONIC LIQUIDS (ILS) USED AS SOLVENTS 14-25
3.1 Pharmaceutical Drug Synthesis Using Ionic Liquids 14
3.2 Drug Delivery Using Ionic Liquids 16
3.2.1 Enhancement of Permeability of Cell Membrane 17
3.2.2 Support for Low Solubility Drug Dissolution 21
3.2.3 Designing New Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients-Ionic Liquids 22
3.3 Remedies for Pharmaceutical Drug Polymorphism-Related Problems 24
4. REVEALING BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF IONIC LIQUIDS 26-39
4.1 Organism-Dependent Biological Activity of Ionic Liquids 26
4.2 Ionic Liquids as Antibacterial and Antifungal Agents 28
4.3 Ionic Liquids as Anticancer Agents 31
4.4 Biodegradation of Ionic Liquids 33
4.5 Toxicity and Environmental Effects 36
5. IONIC LIQUID-BASED NEW ACTIVE
PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENTS 40-43
5.1 Pharmaceutical Salts Ionic Liquid (API-ILs) Synthesis 40
5.2 Salts of Protic Pharmaceuticals 42
5.3 Assessing Enhanced Properties of API-IL 43
6. CONCLUSIONS 44
7. REFERENCES 45-47