Natural Polymers for Drug Delivery
Published on 7. December 2016
Book
Hardback
216 pages
978-1-78064-447-9 (ISBN)
Description
Natural polymers have been utilized extensively in food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, textiles, oil drilling and paint industries. Their non-toxic and inexpensive attributes readily enhance their commercial acceptability and make them potent agents in lieu of synthetic polymers. This book explores the opportunistic utility of natural polymers in developing effective drug delivery systems and provides a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of their source, chemical structure and mechanism of action. Covering novel polymers for drug delivery - in particular extracts from plants, microorganisms and proteins, as well as water soluble and water insoluble biodegradable polymers - it presents an encyclopaedic overview of natural polymers': - quintessential roles in binding drugs towards enhancing bioavailability - modification and derivatization for targeted delivery - role as active drugs Natural Polymers for Drug Delivery is an invaluable resource for researchers, students and industrial scientists in the fields of biochemistry, chemistry, pharmacology and food science.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Wallingford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 173 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
703 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78064-447-9 (9781780644479)
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Harsha Kharkwal | Srinivas Janaswamy
Natural Polymers for Drug Delivery
E-Book
12/2016
CABI Publishing
€181.99
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Persons
Editor
Amity University, India
South Dakota State University, USA
Contributions
Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India
Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India
Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India
Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Puncak Alam Campus, Malaysia
Marmara University, Turkey
Istanbul University, Turkey
Content
1: Natural Polymers for Drug Delivery: An Introduction Section I: Drug Delivery Based on Different Classes of Polymers 2: Cellulose-based Polymeric Systems in Drug Delivery 3: Hydrocolloids-based Hydrogels in Drug Delivery 4: Water Soluble Biodegradable Polymers for Drug Delivery 5: Polysaccharide-based Drug Carriers 6: Polymer-based Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery Systems and Cancer Therapeutics 7: Polymer Nanocomposite-based Biosensors for Drug Delivery Applications Section II: Polymeric Interaction and Conjugates 8: Polymer-Drug Conjugates: Targeted Drug Delivery 9: Protein-Drug Conjugates: A New Class of Biotherapeutics 10: Microencapsulation for Controlled Gastrointestinal Delivery of Probiotics and Prebiotics Section III: Disease-specific Drug Delivery Systems 11: Chitosan in Drug Delivery and Targeting for Cancer Treatment 12: Polymers as Biodegradable Matrices in Transdermal Drug Delivery 13: Ocular Drug Delivery Systems 14: Natural Polymers Targeting Habitual Disease 15: Bioengineered Wound and Burn Healing Substitutes: Novel Design for Biomedical and General Applications