Phosvitin-based hydrogels prepared in AmimCl under magnetic field treatment: Structural characteristics, biological functions, and application in skin wound healing

Due to the serious bacterial infection of skin and the waste of petroleum-based materials, there is an urgent need to develop natural biodegradable wound dressings with high antibacterial activity. Phosvitin (PSV) has shown its natural antioxidant and antibacterial properties, making it an excellent material for preparing wound healing dressings. In this study, we investigated the effect of magnetic field on the preparation of PSV-Microcrystalline Cellulose (MCC) composite hydrogels in 1-Allyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (AmimCl) system. The results showed that the prepared hydrogels exhibited homogeneous surface structure, suitable swelling capacity and elasticity modulus, and sufficient thermal stability. The excellent antibacterial and antioxidant activities of hydrogels were mainly resulting from AmimCl and PSV, respectively, and the properties were enhanced after magnetic field treatment. The proteomics analysis indicated that AmimCl can readily penetrate the biological membranes of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), upsetting the metabolism and reducing the virulence. The hydrogels showed great blood compatibility. Compared with the commercial materials, the 5 mT-treated hydrogels presented a comparable wound healing rate in the full-thickness skin injury model. On day 7, the wound healing rate of the 5 mT group reached approximately 84.40 %, which was significantly higher than that of the control group, 72.88 % (P < 0.05). In conclusion, our work provides experience for the development of biodegradable materials combined in ionic liquids and magnetic field, and explores their applications in wound healing dressings.

Effects of ionic liquids on biomembranes: A review on recent biophysical studies

Ionic liquids (ILs) have been emerged as a versatile class of compounds that can be easily tuned to achieve desirable properties for various applications. The ability of ILs to interact with biomembranes has attracted significant interest, as they have been shown to modulate membrane properties in ways that may have implications for various biological processes. This review provides an overview of recent studies that have investigated the interaction between ILs and biomembranes. We discuss the effects of ILs on the physical and chemical properties of biomembranes, including changes in membrane fluidity, permeability, and stability. We also explore the mechanisms underlying the interaction of ILs with biomembranes, such as electrostatic interactions, hydrogen bonding, and van der Waals forces. Additionally, we discuss the future prospects of this field.

Emerging impacts of ionic liquids on eco-environmental safety and human health

Owing to their unique physicochemical properties, ionic liquids (ILs) have been rapidly applied in diverse areas, such as organic synthesis, electrochemistry, analytical chemistry, functional materials, pharmaceutics, and biomedicine. The increase in the production and application of ILs has resulted in their release into aquatic and terrestrial environments. Because of their low vapor pressure, ILs cause very little pollution in the atmosphere compared to organic solvents. However, ILs are highly persistent in aquatic and terrestrial environments due to their stability, and therefore, potentially threaten the safety of eco-environments and human health. Specifically, the environmental translocation and retention of ILs, or their accumulation in organisms, are all related to their physiochemical properties, such as hydrophobicity. Based on results of ecotoxicity, cytotoxicity, and toxicity in mammalian models, the mechanisms involved in IL-induced toxicity include damage of cell membranes and induction of oxidative stress. Recently, artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques have been used in mining and modeling toxicity data to make meaningful predictions. Major future challenges are also discussed. This review will accelerate our understanding of the safety issues of ILs and serve as a guideline for the design of the next generation of ILs.

Review of the toxic effects of ionic liquids

Interest in ionic liquids (ILs), called green or designer solvents, has been increasing because of their excellent properties such as thermal stability and low vapor pressure; thus, they can replace harmful organic chemicals and help several industrial fields e.g., energy-storage materials production and biomaterial pretreatment. However, the claim that ILs are green solvents should be carefully considered from an environmental perspective. ILs, given their minimal vapor pressure, may not directly cause atmospheric pollution. However, they have the potential to cause adverse effects if leaked into the environment, for instance if they are spilled due to human mistakes or technical errors. To estimate the risks of ILs, numerous ILs have had their toxicity assessed toward several micro- and macro-organisms over the past few decades. Since the toxic effects of ILs depend on the method of estimating toxicity, it is necessary to briefly summarize and comprehensively discuss the biological effects of ILs according to their structure and toxicity testing levels. This can help simplify our understanding of the toxicity of ILs. Therefore, in this review, we discuss the key findings of toxicological information of ILs, collect some toxicity data of ILs to different species, and explain the influence of IL structure on their toxic properties. In the discussion, we estimated two different sensitivity values of toxicity testing levels depending on the experiment condition, which are theoretical magnitudes of the inherent sensitivity of toxicity testing levels in various conditions and their changes in biological response according to the change in IL structure. Finally, some perspectives, future research directions, and limitations to toxicological research of ILs, presented so far, are discussed.

Carbonate assisted lipid extraction and biodiesel production from wet microalgal biomass and recycling waste carbonate for CO2 supply in microalgae cultivation

High cost of microalgal biofuel is caused by all the steps in current technology, including cultivation, harvesting, lipid extraction, biofuel processing and wastewater and waste treatment. This study aims to systematically reduce these costs with one integrated process, in which carbonate is used for cell rupture, lipid extraction and biodiesel processing, and then recycled for CO₂ absorption and carbon supply for a new round of algae cultivation. To reach this goal, carbonate-heating treatment with N, N' - dibutylurea which can enhance cell disruption were used for cell-wall breaking of wet Neochloris oleoabundans (UTEX 1185) biomass. Lipid extraction was fulfilled with carbonate/ethanol aqueous two phase extraction method and residual carbonate with wastewater from bottom phase was recycled to absorb CO₂ to generate bicarbonate for algal cultivation with fresh medium. Taking into comprehensive consideration of cell disruption efficiency, partition coefficient, and lipid recovery, the condition of cell disruption and lipid extraction was set at 90 °C, 100 min reaction time, 1:7.5 DBU:H₂O (w/w) ratio, 1:3 Na₂CO₃:H₂O (w/w) ratio, and 9% (w/w_T) ethanol concentration. The results showed that carbonate-heating treatment of wet N. oleoabundans biomass resulted in up to 90.7% cell disruption efficiency. The lipid recovery rate in carbonate/ethanol system was up to 97.9%, and the final biodiesel production was 1.30 times of that with Soxhlet method. Utilization of the waste broth after CO₂ absorption with the content of 4% (v/v_T) in the medium for new batch of algae cultivation resulted in biomass concentration of 1.68 g/L. The corresponding total fatty acids production was 0.35 g/L, which was 1.63 fold of that with fresh medium. This study firstly proved the feasibility of using carbonate for lipid extraction and biodiesel production and recycle waste carbonate for carbon re-supply during algae cultivation.

Ionic Liquids for Therapeutic and Drug Delivery Applications

BACKGROUND

Ionic liquids (ILs) are ionic compounds with highly tunable and remarkable properties which make them an important candidate in multiple domains such as extraction, synthesis, analytics, catalysis, biotechnology, therapeutics as well as pharmaceutical sciences.

OBJECTIVE

This review systematically highlights the classification, properties and toxicity of ionic liquids. It focuses on exploring the biological activity of ionic liquids, which includes antimicrobial and anticancer property along with an emphasis on the concept of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient- Ionic Liquids (API-ILs) for explaining the emulsifier and solubility enhancement property of ILs. An elaborative discussion on the application of ILs for the development of oral, transdermal and topical drug delivery systems has also been presented with suitable literature support.

CONCLUSION

Ionic liquids possess exceptional potential in the field of medicine, biology and chemistry.

Ionic liquids in whole-cell biocatalysis: a compromise between toxicity and efficiency

Comparison of chemical catalysis by metal complexes, enzymatic catalysis and whole-cell biocatalysis shows well-addressed advantages of the latter approach. However, a critical limitation in the practical applications originates from the high sensitivity of microorganisms to the toxic effects of organic solvents. In the present review, we consider toxic solvent properties of ionic liquid/water systems towards the development of efficient applications in practical organic transformations.

Biological Activity of Ionic Liquids and Their Application in Pharmaceutics and Medicine

Ionic liquids are remarkable chemical compounds, which find applications in many areas of modern science. Because of their highly tunable nature and exceptional properties, ionic liquids have become essential players in the fields of synthesis and catalysis, extraction, electrochemistry, analytics, biotechnology, etc. Apart from physical and chemical features of ionic liquids, their high biological activity has been attracting significant attention from biochemists, ecologists, and medical scientists. This Review is dedicated to biological activities of ionic liquids, with a special emphasis on their potential employment in pharmaceutics and medicine. The accumulated data on the biological activity of ionic liquids, including their antimicrobial and cytotoxic properties, are discussed in view of possible applications in drug synthesis and drug delivery systems. Dedicated attention is given to a novel active pharmaceutical ingredient-ionic liquid (API-IL) concept, which suggests using traditional drugs in the form of ionic liquid species. The main aim of this Review is to attract a broad audience of chemical, biological, and medical scientists to study advantages of ionic liquid pharmaceutics. Overall, the discussed data highlight the importance of the research direction defined as "Ioliomics", studies of ions in liquids in modern chemistry, biology, and medicine.

Chronic effects of the ionic liquid [C4mim][Cl] towards the microalga Scenedesmus quadricauda

Chronic effects of the ionic liquid [C4mim][Cl] (mp 73 °C) towards the microalga, Scenedesmus quadricauda were studied by flow cytometry, monitoring multiple endpoints of cell density, esterase activity, membrane integrity, reactive oxygen species and chlorophyll fluorescence. Toxicity was clearly in evidence, and although increased esterase activity indicated hormesis during initial exposure to [C4mim][Cl], inhibition of both esterase activity and chlorophyll fluorescence became apparent after 3 days. Cell density was also decreased by culturing with [C4mim][Cl], but this effect was clearly concentration-dependent and only became significant during the second half of the experiment. In contrast, [C4mim][Cl] had only a modest effect on reactive oxygen species (ROS) and caused little damage to cell membranes.

Rhamnolipid biosurfactant adsorption on a plasma-treated polypropylene surface to induce antimicrobial and antiadhesive properties

A glycolipid type of biosurfactant (rhamnolipid), which is obtained fromPseudomonas aeruginosaMA01, was adsorbed on a polypropylene film to produce an antimicrobial and antiadhesive polymeric surface for the first time.

Tris-imidazolium and benzimidazolium ionic liquids: a new class of biodegradable surfactants

Factors that improved the biodegradation of surfactants have successfully used to prepare higher ordered biodegradable tris-imidazolium and benzimidazolium ionic liquids.

Tetrakis-imidazolium and benzimidazolium ionic liquids: a new class of biodegradable surfactants

Novel tetrakis-imidazolium and benzimidazolium ILs containing tetra-ester groups with incorporated quadruple side chains were synthesized successfully as degradable surfactants of expected medical and industrial applications.

Newly antibacterial and antiadhesive lipopeptide biosurfactant secreted by a probiotic strain, Propionibacterium freudenreichii

A lipopeptide biosurfactant production from a probiotic type strain of Propionibacterium freudenreichii subsp. freudenreichii is being reported here for the first time. This biosurfactant is able to reduce the surface tension of water from 72 to 38 mN/m with an increase of the biosurfactant concentration up to critical micelle concentration value of 1.59 mg/ml. The production of the biosurfactant was found to be much higher in medium containing sunflower oil compared to the glucose-containing medium. The maximum emulsifying activity (E24 = 72 %) was attained with used frying sunflower oil, while kerosene and starch had the lowest emulsifying activity. Biosurfactant production seems to be parallel to cell growth. The produced biosurfactant was relatively thermo-stable and no appreciable changes in biosurfactant activity occurred at temperature ranges of 25-85 °C. The analysis of the extracted biosurfactant by thin layer chromatography, infrared spectroscopy, and (1)H and (13)CNMR spectroscopy revealed the chemical nature of the biosurfactant as lipopeptide. Produced lipopeptide was evaluated for its antimicrobial and antiadhesive activity and showed significant antimicrobial and antiadhesive action against a wide range of pathogenic bacteria and fungi. A total growth inhibition was observed over Rhodococcus erythropolis, while the best result of antiadhesion was obtained against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Applications and mechanisms of ionic liquids in whole-cell biotransformation

Ionic liquids (ILs), entirely composed of cations and anions, are liquid solvents at room temperature. They are interesting due to their low vapor pressure, high polarity and thermostability, and also for the possibility to fine-tune their physicochemical properties through modification of the chemical structures of their cations or anions. In recent years, ILs have been widely used in biotechnological fields involving whole-cell biotransformations of biodiesel or biomass, and organic compound synthesis with cells. Research studies in these fields have increased from the past decades and compared to the typical solvents, ILs are the most promising alternative solvents for cell biotransformations. However, there are increasing limitations and new challenges in whole-cell biotransformations with ILs. There is little understanding of the mechanisms of ILs' interactions with cells, and much remains to be clarified. Further investigations are required to overcome the drawbacks of their applications and to broaden their application spectrum. This work mainly reviews the applications of ILs in whole-cell biotransformations, and the possible mechanisms of ILs in microbial cell biotransformation are proposed and discussed.

Vitamin B12 biosynthesis over waste frying sunflower oil as a cost effective and renewable substrate

Statistical experimental designs were used to develop a medium based on waste frying sunflower oil (WFO) and other nutrient sources for production of vitamin B12 (VB12) by Propionibacterium freudenreichii subsp. freudenreichii PTCC 1674. The production of acetic acid and propionic acid were also evaluated using the same microorganism. The amount of WFO in the media was initially optimized. The amount of 4 % w/v of oil found to be an appropriate amount for production of VB12. A Plackett Burman design was then employed to identify nutrients that have significant effect on the production of VB12 in the WFO media. Dimethylbenzimidazolyl (DMB), cobalt chloride, ferrous sulfate, and calcium chloride were the most important compounds. The level optimization of nutrients as the significant factors was finally performed using response surface methodology based on a central composite design. The model predicted that a medium containing 35.56 mg/L DMB, 14.69 mg/L CoCl2.6H2O, 5.82 mg/L FeSO4.7H2O, and 11.41 mg/L CaCl2.2H2O gives the maximum VB12 production of 2.60 mg/L. The optimized medium provides a final concentration of vitamin 170 % higher than that by the original medium. This study offers valuable insights on a cost-effective carbon source for industrial production of food-grade VB12.

Antibacterial and antiadhesive properties of butyl-methylimidazolium ionic liquids toward pathogenic bacteria

An example of agar disk diffusion results for (A) [BMIM][NTf₂] (B) [BMIM][SCN] and (C) [BMIM][ HSO₄] onS. aureus.