Natural Biopolymers for Drug Delivery
- 1st Edition - March 1, 2025
- Editors: Amit Kumar Nayak, Md Saquib Hasnain, Tejraj M. Aminabhavi
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 3 6 7 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 8 5 8 - 5
Natural Biopolymers for Drug Delivery thoroughly details the properties, benefits and challenges of using these biomaterials in drug delivery, with a strong focus on biocom… Read more
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Request a sales quote- Comprehensively covers all key natural biopolymer classes for drug delivery, chapter-by-chapter, providing a one-stop-shop for readers
- Discusses biocompatibility, biodegradability and toxicity considerations, as well as regulatory issues
- Written by a global team of experts from a range of related fields, this book offers a diverse, interdisciplinary guide to natural biopolymers for drug delivery
- Introduction of natural biopolymers
- Gum Arabic in drug delivery
- Gum tragacanth in drug delivery
- Pectin in drug delivery
- Cellulose in drug delivery
- Starch in drug delivery
- Guar gum in drug delivery
- Locust bean gum in drug delivery
- Okra gum in drug delivery
- Cashew gum in drug delivery
- Sterculia gum in drug delivery
- Alginates in drug delivery
- Agar agar in drug delivery
- Chitin and chitosan in drug delivery
- Gellan gum in drug delivery
- Xanthan gum in drug delivery
- Promising potential of dextran-based drug delivery in healthcare management
- Pullulan in drug delivery
- Hyaluronic acid in drug delivery
- Carrageenan in drug delivery
- Exopolysaccharides in drug delivery
- Gelatin in drug delivery
- Applications, challenges, and future perspective of albumin in drug delivery
- Collagen in drug delivery
- Natural lipids and waxes in drug delivery
- Natural polymers and formulation perspectives
- Regulatory considerations of natural biopolymers for drug delivery
- Challenges and future perspectives of natural biopolymers in drug delivery
- No. of pages: 600
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 1, 2025
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323953672
- eBook ISBN: 9780323958585
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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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Md Saquib Hasnain
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Tejraj M. Aminabhavi
Tejraj M. Aminabhavi is the Director of Research at the Center for Energy and Environment , School of Advanced Sciences, KLE Technological University, Hubballi, India. He works in the area of membrane transport processes, molecular modeling of polymer surfaces, wastewater treatment technologies, drug delivery polymers and sustainable environmental engineering.