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Functionalized Drug Delivery Systems
- 1st Edition - September 1, 2025
- Editors: Umesh Gupta, NK Jain
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 3 3 0 4 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 3 3 0 5 - 7
“Functionalized Drug Delivery Systems” discusses the potential of various functionalized drug delivery systems such as polymeric micelles, dendrimers, metallic nanoparticles, and… Read more
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Request a sales quote“Functionalized Drug Delivery Systems” discusses the potential of various functionalized drug delivery systems such as polymeric micelles, dendrimers, metallic nanoparticles, and SMEDDS, compiling a list of various carriers with the functionalized potential for drug delivery and targeting. The contents of the book cover from basic concepts in drug delivery systems to surface engineering and dedicated chapters on specific techniques like liposomes, dendrimers, metal nanoparticles, polymeric micelles, niosomes and ethosomes, carbon nanotubes, self-micro and nano emulsifying systems. The final chapter covers the regulatory framework around functionalized drug delivery systems. Functionalized drug delivery systems have immense potential in improving drug absorption and targeted delivery. “Functionalized Drug Delivery Systems” is the perfect guide for pharmaceutical researchers in academia and corporate settings to delve into this area and start applying these techniques to their formulations. Graduate students can also benefit from the foundational content provided, and consolidated literature reviews presented.
• Provides a conceptual understanding of functionalized drug delivery systems
• Presents a detailed description and discussion on different functionalization techniques of nanotechnological carriers
• Describes regulatory as well as toxicological requirements of functionalized drug delivery systems
• Presents a detailed description and discussion on different functionalization techniques of nanotechnological carriers
• Describes regulatory as well as toxicological requirements of functionalized drug delivery systems
Pharmaceutical researchers, and graduate students in academic settings
1. Functionalized Drug Delivery Systems: Need and Significance
2. Surface Engineering of Drug Carriers
3. Engineered Nanoparticles in Drug Delivery and Targeting
4. Functionalized Liposomes in Drug Delivery
5. Tailor-made Dendrimers in Drug Delivery and Targeting
6. Ligand Anchored Inorganic and Metal Nanoparticles Pharmacokinetics of Lipid-Drug Conjugates
7. Functionalized Polymeric Micelles
8. Niosomes and Ethosomes: Advances
9. Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes
10. Functionalized SMEDDS and SNEDDS
11. Functionalized Drug Delivery Systems: Regulatory Considerations
2. Surface Engineering of Drug Carriers
3. Engineered Nanoparticles in Drug Delivery and Targeting
4. Functionalized Liposomes in Drug Delivery
5. Tailor-made Dendrimers in Drug Delivery and Targeting
6. Ligand Anchored Inorganic and Metal Nanoparticles Pharmacokinetics of Lipid-Drug Conjugates
7. Functionalized Polymeric Micelles
8. Niosomes and Ethosomes: Advances
9. Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes
10. Functionalized SMEDDS and SNEDDS
11. Functionalized Drug Delivery Systems: Regulatory Considerations
- No. of pages: 400
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 1, 2025
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443333040
- eBook ISBN: 9780443333057
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Umesh Gupta
Dr. Umesh Gupta, currently working as Assistant Professor at Department of Pharmacy, Central University of Rajasthan, India, did his bachelor's, master's and doctorate degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Dr. H. S. Gour University, India under the mentorship of Prof. NK Jain. He has recently been awarded for “DAAD Research Stays for Academics and Scientists” at Leibniz-institut fur Polymerforschung Dresden, Germany. He has the past experience of Research Scientist at Ranbaxy Research Laboratories, India and Post-Doctoral Research Associate at South Dakota State University, USA. HE is also recipient of Young Scientist Award by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India as well as Ranbaxy Science Scholar Award 2008 by Ranbaxy Research Laboratories, India. He has been awarded more than 3-4 times the overseas travel award by different funding agencies of Indian government to share and present his research at international platform in countries like Germany, USA and Singapore etc. He has more than ten years of research and academic experience. The area of research is mainly focused on dendrimer mediated drug delivery, solubilization and targeting. His laboratory equally focuses on effective brain delivery through nanotechnological carriers such as polymeric micelles, nanoparticles and dendrimers. He has more than 48 publications and seven book chapters to his credit with total citations of more than 2300 (h index of 23 as per Google Scholar).
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department fo Pharmacy, Central University of Rajasthan, IndiaNJ
NK Jain
NK Jain is an internationally renowned academician and researcher who recently retired from Dr Hari Singh Gour University, India after more than 40 years as a lecturer and 25 years as a full professor. Professor Jain is the author of 17 books and over 470 international publications and has supervised 55 PhD and 125 M Pharm candidates. He is known globally for his research in the field of dendrimer drug delivery. Currently, he is exploring the pharmaceutical potential of carbon nanotubes and quantum dots. Since his retirement, Professor Jain has been a Director of the ISF College of Pharmacy, Moga, India.
Affiliations and expertise
Director, ISF College of Pharmacy, Moga, India