Lipid Nanocarriers for Drug Targeting
- 1st Edition - April 16, 2018
- Imprint: William Andrew
- Editor: Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 3 6 8 7 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 3 6 8 8 - 1
Lipid Nanocarriers for Drug Targeting presents recent advances in the area of lipid nanocarriers. The book focuses on cationic lipid nanocarriers, solid lipid nanocarri… Read more
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Request a sales quoteLipid Nanocarriers for Drug Targeting presents recent advances in the area of lipid nanocarriers. The book focuses on cationic lipid nanocarriers, solid lipid nanocarriers, liposomes, thermosensitive vesicles, and cubosomes, with applications in phototherapy, cosmetic and others. As the first book related to lipid nanocarriers and their direct implication in pharmaceutical nanotechnology, this important reference resource is ideal for biomaterials scientists and those working in the medical and pharmaceutical industries that want to learn more on how lipids can be used to create more effective drug delivery systems.
- Highlights the most commonly used types of lipid nanocarriers and explains how they are applied in pharmacy
- Shows how lipid nanocarriers are used in different types of treatment, including oral medicine, skin repair and cancer treatment
- Assesses the pros and cons of using different lipid nanocarriers for different therapies
Pharmaceutical scientists, biomaterials scientists, toxicologists, biomedical engineers, medicinal chemists and postgraduate students specializing in the areas of nanomedicine, bionanomaterials and nanotechnology applications in healthcare
- Edition: 1
- Published: April 16, 2018
- No. of pages (Paperback): 674
- No. of pages (eBook): 674
- Imprint: William Andrew
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128136874
- eBook ISBN: 9780128136881
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Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu
Dr. Grumezescu is Assistant Professor at the Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, in the Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, with a second affiliation to the Faculty of Medical Engineering, at the Politehnica University of Bucharest in Romania. He is an experienced and oft-published researcher and editor in the field of nano and biomaterials, and he is the Editor-in-Chief of three journals: Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry, Letters and Applied NanoBioScience, and Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Bulletin. He also serves as editor or guest editor for several notable journals. Dr. Grumezescu has published 150 peer-reviewed papers, 20 book chapters, 6 co-authored books and 11 edited books.
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Assistant Professor, Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science and Faculty of Medical Engineering, Politehnica University of Bucharest, RomaniaRead Lipid Nanocarriers for Drug Targeting on ScienceDirect