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Ionic Liquids as Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients by Ferraz, Ricardo, Branco, Luís C., Prudêncio, Cristina, Noronha, João Paulo, Petrovski, Željko

“…Ionic liquids (ILs) are ionic compounds that possess a melting temperature below 100 °C. Their physical and chemical properties are attractive for various…”
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Antimicrobial Activities of Highly Bioavailable Organic Salts and Ionic Liquids from Fluoroquinolones by Santos, Miguel M., Alves, Celso, Silva, Joana, Florindo, Catarina, Costa, Alexandra, Petrovski, Željko, Marrucho, Isabel M., Pedrosa, Rui, Branco, Luís C.

“…As the development of novel antibiotics has been at a halt for several decades, chemically enhancing existing drugs is a very promising approach to drug…”
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Synthesis, Characterization, Bioavailability and Antimicrobial Studies of Cefuroxime-Based Organic Salts and Ionic Liquids by Faísca, Francisco, Petrovski, Željko, Grilo, Inês, Lima, Sofia A C, Santos, Miguel M, Branco, Luis C

“…Low oral bioavailability is a common feature in most drugs, including antibiotics, due to low solubility in physiological media and inadequate cell…”
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Enhanced In Vitro Antiviral Activity of Hydroxychloroquine Ionic Liquids against SARS-CoV-2 by Faísca, Francisco, Correia, Vanessa, Petrovski, Željko, Branco, Luís C, Rebelo-de-Andrade, Helena, Santos, Miguel M

“…The development of effective antiviral drugs against SARS-CoV-2 is urgently needed and a global health priority. In light of the initial data regarding the…”
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Tailoring amphotericin B as an ionic liquid: an upfront strategy to potentiate the biological activity of antifungal drugs by Hartmann, Diego O., Shimizu, Karina, Rothkegel, Maika, Petkovic, Marija, Ferraz, Ricardo, Petrovski, Zeljko, Branco, Luís C., Lopes, José N. Canongia, Pereira, Cristina Silva

“…Aspergillus species are the primary cause of invasive aspergillosis, which afflicts hundreds of thousands of patients yearly, with high mortality rates…”
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On the Self-Aggregation and Fluorescence Quenching Aptitude of Surfactant Ionic Liquids by Blesic, Marijana, Lopes, António, Melo, Eurico, Petrovski, Zeljko, Plechkova, Natalia V, Canongia Lopes, José N, Seddon, Kenneth R, Rebelo, Luís Paulo N

“…The aggregation behavior in aqueous solution of a number of ionic liquids was investigated at ambient conditions by using three techniques: fluorescence,…”
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Bioactivity of Ionic Liquids Based on Valproate in SH-SY5Y Human Neuroblastoma Cell Line by Dias, Ana Rita, Ferraz, Ricardo, Costa-Rodrigues, João, Santos, Andreia F. M., Jacinto, Manuel L., Prudêncio, Cristina, Noronha, João Paulo, Branco, Luis C., Petrovski, Željko

“…The search for alternative and effective therapies to fight cancer is one of the main goals of the pharmaceutical industry. Recently, ionic liquids (ILs) have…”
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Ionic Liquids Based on Oxidoperoxido-Molybdenum(VI) Complexes with a Chelating Picolinate Ligand for Catalytic Epoxidation by Petrovski, Željko, Antunes, Margarida M., Mendo, Ana Soraia, Cabrita, Luís, Gonçalves, Isabel S., Valente, Anabela A., Branco, Luís C.

“…Ionic oxidoperoxido-molybdenum(VI) complexes of the type [Cat][MoO(O2)2(pic)], with pic = N,O-chelated picolinate ligand and Cat = monocation, were prepared in…”
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Ionic Systems and Nanomaterials as Antiseptic and Disinfectant Agents for Surface Applications: A Review by Faísca, Francisco, Filipe, Luis, Petrovski, Zeljko, Santos, Miguel M., Gago, Sandra, Branco, Luís C.

“…Antiseptics and disinfectants are extensively used for a variety of topical and hard-surface applications. A wide variety of biocides as active chemical agents…”
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Synthesis, characterization and antitumor activity of 1,2-disubstituted ferrocenes and cyclodextrin inclusion complexes by Petrovski, Željko, Norton de Matos, Marta R.P., Braga, Susana S., Pereira, Cláudia C.L., Matos, Márcia L., Gonçalves, Isabel S., Pillinger, Martyn, Alves, Paula M., Romão, Carlos C.

“…The cytotoxic activity of several 1,2-disubstituted ferrocene derivatives tested in vitro against Ehrlich ascites tumor cells was found to vary from IC 50 >…”
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Marine Environmental Plastic Pollution: Mitigation by Microorganism Degradation and Recycling Valorization by Oliveira, Juliana, Belchior, Afonso, da Silva, Verônica D., Rotter, Ana, Petrovski, Željko, Almeida, Pedro L., Lourenço, Nídia D., Gaudêncio, Susana P.

“…Plastics are very useful materials and present numerous advantages in the daily life of individuals and society. However, plastics are accumulating in the…”
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Unravelling the Dermatological Potential of the Brown Seaweed Carpomitra costata by Susano, Patrícia, Silva, Joana, Alves, Celso, Martins, Alice, Gaspar, Helena, Pinteus, Susete, Mouga, Teresa, Goettert, Márcia Ines, Petrovski, Željko, Branco, Luís B, Pedrosa, Rui

“…The ever-increasing interest in keeping a young appearance and healthy skin has leveraged the skincare industry. This, coupled together with the increased…”
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Synthesis and Antibacterial Activity of Ionic Liquids and Organic Salts Based on Penicillin G and Amoxicillin hydrolysate Derivatives against Resistant Bacteria by Ferraz, Ricardo, Silva, Dário, Dias, Ana Rita, Dias, Vitorino, Santos, Miguel M, Pinheiro, Luís, Prudêncio, Cristina, Noronha, João Paulo, Petrovski, Željko, Branco, Luís C

“…The preparation and characterization of ionic liquids and organic salts (OSILs) that contain anionic penicillin G [secoPen] and amoxicillin [seco-Amx]…”
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Evaluation of solubility and partition properties of ampicillin-based ionic liquids by Florindo, Catarina, Araújo, João M.M., Alves, Filipa, Matos, Carla, Ferraz, Ricardo, Prudêncio, Cristina, Noronha, João Paulo, Petrovski, Željko, Branco, Luís, Rebelo, Luís Paulo N., Marrucho, Isabel M.

“…In order to overcome the problems associated with low water solubility, and consequently low bioavailability of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs),…”
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Highlighting the Biological Potential of the Brown Seaweed Fucus spiralis for Skin Applications by Freitas, Rafaela, Martins, Alice, Silva, Joana, Alves, Celso, Pinteus, Susete, Alves, Joana, Teodoro, Fernando, Ribeiro, Helena Margarida, Gonçalves, Lídia, Petrovski, Željko, Branco, Luís, Pedrosa, Rui

“…Skin aging is a biological process influenced by intrinsic and extrinsic factors. The last ones, mainly exposure to UV radiation, increases reactive oxygen…”
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Ionic Levothyroxine Formulations: Synthesis, Bioavailability, and Cytotoxicity Studies by Barreira, António, Santos, Andreia F M, Dionísio, Madalena, Jesus, Ana R, Duarte, Ana Rita C, Petrovski, Željko, Paninho, Ana B, Ventura, Márcia G, Branco, Luis C

“…Thyroid diseases affect a considerable portion of the population, with hypothyroidism being one of the most commonly reported thyroid diseases. Levothyroxine…”
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Novel Organic Salts Based on Mefloquine: Synthesis, Solubility, Permeability, and In Vitro Activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Silva, Dário, Lopes, Márcio V C, Petrovski, Željko, Santos, Miguel M, Santos, Jussevania P, Yamada-Ogatta, Sueli F, Bispo, Marcelle L F, de Souza, Marcus V N, Duarte, Ana Rita C, Lourenço, Maria C S, Gonçalves, Raoni Schroeder B, Branco, Luis C

“…The development of novel pharmaceutical tools to efficiently tackle tuberculosis is the order of the day due to the rapid development of resistant strains of …”
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Antitumor Activity of Ionic Liquids Based on Ampicillin by Ferraz, Ricardo, Costa-Rodrigues, João, Fernandes, Maria H., Santos, Miguel M., Marrucho, Isabel M., Rebelo, Luís Paulo N., Prudêncio, Cristina, Noronha, João Paulo, Petrovski, Željko, Branco, Luís C.

“…Significant antiproliferative effects against various tumor cell lines were observed with novel ampicillin salts as ionic liquids. The combination of anionic…”
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Synthesis and biological evaluation of Amphotericin B formulations based on organic salts and ionic liquids against Leishmania infantum by Ferraz, Ricardo, Santarém, Nuno, Santos, Andreia F. M., Jacinto, Manuel L., Cordeiro-da-Silva, Anabela, Prudêncio, Cristina, Noronha, João Paulo, Branco, Luis C., Petrovski, Željko

“…Nowadays, organic salts and ionic liquids (OSILs) containing active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) are being explored as drug delivery systems in modern…”
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Influence of ionic liquid on polar organic compounds solubility in dense CO2 phase by Zakrzewska, Małgorzata Ewa, Borovkov, Yegor, Paninho, Ana Brandão, Petrovski, Zeljko, Najdanovic-Visak, Vesna, Nunes, Ana Vital Morgado

“…Accurate measurement and prediction of the phase behaviour of mixtures involved in a chemical process are crucial for its optimisation. Given the importance of…”
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