Applications of choline-based ionic liquids in drug delivery

Xiaodan Li1, Nannan Ma1, Lijing Zhang1

  • 1Wuya College of Innovation, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, No. 103, Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, China.

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