Over the last decades we have seen the pharmaceutical industry grow at a tremendous rate. Along with the discoveries of drugs with novel and peculiar properties, the need for novel materials and methods to deliver them energized the field of drug delivery creating new opportunities for material scientists. Among those materials, the pharmaceutical industry has since the beginning relied on cellulose, the most abundant natural polymer on earth. Nowadays, many
polysaccharides are used, modified and transformed to serve the pharmaceutical needs either as solubilizers, adhesives, carriers or active substances themselves. This book covers many of the polysaccharides used in the field, their sources, properties, preparation and mechanism of action.
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11 halftones, 133 line illus.
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Höhe: 235 mm
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978-0-8412-3960-9 (9780841239609)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Herausgeber*in
Professor of ChemistryProfessor of Chemistry, McGill University (Emeritus)
Group Leader, Platform ResearchGroup Leader, Platform Research, Labopharm, Inc.
ProfessorProfessor, Universite de Montreal
Preface ; overview ; "Polysaccharides: Nature's own polymers at the service of drug delivery" ; CELLULOSE ; "Fishing for Proteins with Magnetic Cellulosic Nanocrystals" ; "Applications of Cellulose and Cellulose Derivatives in Immediate Release Solid Dosage" ; "Hydroxypropylcellulose in Oral Drug Delivery" ; starch ; "Contramid: High-Amylose Starch for Controlled Drug Delivery" ; "Water Diffusion in Drug Delivery Systems Made of High-amylose Starch as Studied by NMR Imaging" ; "Crosslinked Starch Derivatives for Highly Loaded Pharmaceutical Formulations Excipients" ; hyaluronan ; "Hyaluronan - Investigations into the Mode of Action of Hyaluronan as a Topical Drug Delivery System" ; "Biomedical Applications of Hyaluronic Acid" ; Chitin/Chitosan ; "Chitosan Nanoparticles for Non-Viral Gene Therapy" ; "Chitosan as a Biomaterial for Preparation of Depot-Based Delivery Systems" ; "Characterization of Glycol Chitosan: A Potential Material for Use in Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Applications" ; POLYSACCHARIDES ; "Properties of Levan and Potential Medical Uses" ; "Iron-Polysaccharide Composites for Pharmaceutical Applications" ; "Polysaccharides-Drug Conjugates as Controlled Drug Delivery Systems" ; "Polysaccharide Hydrogels for the Preparation of Immunoisolated Cell Delivery Systems"
