
Alginates in Drug Delivery
- 1st Edition - July 23, 2020
- Editors: Amit Kumar Nayak, Md Saquib Hasnain
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 7 6 4 0 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 7 6 4 1 - 2
Alginates in Drug Delivery explores the vital precepts, basic and fundamental aspects of alginates in pharmaceutical sciences, biopharmacology, and in the biotechnology industry.… Read more

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Request a sales quoteAlginates in Drug Delivery explores the vital precepts, basic and fundamental aspects of alginates in pharmaceutical sciences, biopharmacology, and in the biotechnology industry. The use of natural polymers in healthcare applications over synthetic polymers is becoming more prevalent due to natural polymers’ biocompatibility, biodegradability, economic extraction and ready availability. To fully utilize and harness the potential of alginates, this book presents a thorough understanding of the synthesis, purification, and characterization of alginates and their derivative. This book collects, in a single volume, all relevant information on alginates in health care, including recent advances in the field.
This is a highly useful resource for pharmaceutical scientists, health care professionals and regulatory scientists actively involved in the pharmaceutical product and process development of natural polymer containing drug delivery, as well as postgraduate students and postdoctoral research fellows in pharmaceutical sciences.
- Provides a single source on the complete alginate chemistry, collection, chemical modifications, characterization and applications in healthcare fields
- Includes high quality illustrations, along with practical examples and research case studies
- Contains contributions by global leaders and experts from academia, industry and regulatory agencies who are pioneers in the application of natural polysaccharides in diverse pharmaceutical fields
Pharmaceutical scientists including industrial pharmacists and analytical scientists, Postgraduate students, and postdoctoral research fellows, health care professionals and regulatory scientists actively involved in pharmaceutical product and process development of natural polymer containing drug delivery
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Alginates: sources, structure, and properties
- Abstract
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Sources of alginates
- 1.3 Molecular structure of alginates
- 1.4 Properties of alginates
- 1.5 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 2. Alginates as drug delivery excipients
- Abstract
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 General properties
- 2.3 Drug delivery applications
- 2.4 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 3. Alginate-based hydrogels for drug delivery applications
- Abstract
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Alginate: sources, chemistry, and properties
- 3.3 Preparations of alginate-based hydrogels
- 3.4 Drug delivery applications
- 3.5 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 4. Grafted alginates in drug delivery
- Abstract
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Chemical modifications and design strategies for alginate
- 4.3 Grafting derivatives of alginates
- 4.4 Uses of grafted alginates in drug delivery applications
- 4.5 Limitations of grafted alginate for the use in drug delivery
- 4.6 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 5. Alginate-based interpenetrating polymer networks for sustained drug release
- Abstract
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 IPNs and their uses in drug delivery
- 5.3 Alginates
- 5.4 The need for modifications alginates
- 5.5 Insights into the use of alginate-based IPNs for sustained release drug delivery
- 5.6 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 6. Alginate nanoparticles in drug delivery
- Abstract
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Alginate
- 6.3 Preparations of alginate nanoparticles for drug delivery
- 6.4 Recent advances in using alginate nanoparticles in drug targeting
- 6.5 Limitations for use of alginate in pharmaceutical nanotechnology
- 6.6 Future perceptive in using alginate particles as nanocarriers
- 6.7 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 7. Biocomposites of Alginates in Drug Delivery
- Abstract
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Composites and biocomposites
- 7.3 Sources of alginates
- 7.4 Chemistry of alginate-structure
- 7.5 Properties of alginates
- 7.6 Various alginate-based biocomposites in drug delivery
- 7.7 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 8. Alginate–montmorillonite composite systems as sustained drug delivery carriers
- Abstract
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Alginates and related composites in drug delivery system
- 8.3 Montmorillonite
- 8.4 Alginate–MMT composite particles
- 8.5 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 9. Ionotropically gelled alginate particles in sustained drug release
- Abstract
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Sustained drug release
- 9.3 Alginates
- 9.4 Ionotropic gelation of natural polysaccharides
- 9.5 Insights into the use of ionotropically gelled alginate-based particles for sustained release drug delivery
- 9.6 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 10. Inorganic materials–alginate composites in drug delivery
- Abstract
- Abbreviations
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Alginates and alginate-based composites in drug delivery
- 10.3 Inorganic materials–alginate composites
- 10.4 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 11. Particulate matrices of ionotropically gelled alginate- and plant-derived starches for sustained drug release
- Abstract
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Alginates
- 11.3 Starches
- 11.4 Ionotropically gelled alginate–plant-derived starches composite particles in drug delivery
- 11.5 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 12. Polyelectrolyte complexes of alginate for controlling drug release
- Abstract
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 Alginate
- 12.3 Polyelectrolyte complexes
- 12.4 Alginate–chitosan polyelectrolyte complexes for controlled drug release
- 12.5 Alginate-cationized gelatin polyelectrolyte complexes for controlled drug release
- 12.6 Alginate-cationic starch polyelectrolyte complexes for controlled drug release
- 12.7 Alginate-cationized poly-L-lysine polyelectrolyte complexes for controlled drug release
- 12.8 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 13. Alginate-based hydrogel systems for drug releasing in wound healing
- Abstract
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.2 Wounds
- 13.3 Classification of wounds
- 13.4 Wound healing
- 13.5 Wound dressing
- 13.6 Alginate as wound dressing material
- 13.7 Alginate-based hydrogels as wound dressings and drug releasing for wound healing
- 13.8 Future prospects
- 13.9 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 14. Alginate-based scaffolds for drug delivery in tissue engineering
- Abstract
- 14.1 Introduction
- 14.2 Scaffolds in tissue engineering
- 14.3 Scaffold fabrication techniques
- 14.4 Alginates
- 14.5 Alginates used as tissue engineering scaffold materials
- 14.6 Various alginate-based drug-releasing scaffolds for tissue regeneration
- 14.7 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 15. Use of alginates for drug delivery in dentistry
- Abstract
- 15.1 Introduction
- 15.2 History and origin of alginates
- 15.3 Chemistry of alginates
- 15.4 Alginates in dentistry
- 15.5 Insights into the use of alginate-based systems for drug delivery in dentistry
- 15.6 Conclusion
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 434
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: July 23, 2020
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128176405
- eBook ISBN: 9780128176412
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Amit Kumar Nayak
Dr. Amit Kumar Nayak (MPharm, PhD) is working as a professor, at the Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Siksha ‘O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Odisha, India. He has earned his PhD from IFTM University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has over 14 years of research experiences in the field of pharmaceutics, especially in the development and characterization of novel biopolymeric and nanostructured drug delivery systems. Till date, he has authored more than 138 research and review publications in various high-impact peer-reviewed journals and 135 book chapters. He has edited/authored 23 international books to his credit. Dr. Nayak has presented his research work at several conferences. He has received University Foundation Day Research Award, 2019 and 2022 by Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Odisha. Dr. Nayak is a life member of the Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI) and a registered pharmacist.
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