Natural Polysaccharides in Drug Delivery and Biomedical Applications
- 1st Edition - July 23, 2019
- Latest edition
- Editors: Md Saquib Hasnain, Amit Kumar Nayak
- Language: English
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Description
Description
Natural Polysaccharides in Drug Delivery and Biomedical Applications provides a fundamental overview of natural polysaccharides, their sources, extraction methodologies, and characterizations. It covers specific natural polysaccharides and their effective application in drug delivery and biomedical use. Additionally, chapters in the book discuss key topics including the sources and extraction methodologies of natural polysaccharides, their role in tissue engineering applications, polysaccharide-based nanoparticles in biomedical applications, and their role in the delivery of anticancer drugs. Written by industry leaders and edited by experts, this book emphasizes recent advances made in the field.Natural Polysaccharides in Drug Delivery and Biomedical Applications provides academics, researchers, and pharmaceutical health care professionals with a comprehensive book on polysaccharides in pharmaceutical delivery process.
Key features
Key features
- Provides fundamental concepts of natural polysaccharides as it applies to the pharmaceutical, biomedical, and biotechnology industries
- Includes contributions from global leaders and experts from academia, industry, and regulatory agencies in the application of natural polysaccharides in pharmaceutical products and biomedical utilization
- Offers practical examples, illustrations, chemical structures, and research case studies to help explain natural polysaccharides concepts in drug delivery and biomedical applications
Readership
Readership
Pharmaceutical scientists including industrial pharmacists, analytical scientists, health care professionals, and regulatory scientists actively involved in pharmaceutical product and process development of natural polysaccharides containing drug delivery; Academics, post graduate and fellows studying usage of natural polymers for biomedical application and drug delivery
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. Natural polysaccharides: sources and extraction methodologies
2. Pharmaceutical applications of natural polysaccharides
3. Sodium alginate in drug delivery and biomedical areas
4. Chitosan in drug delivery applications
5. Xanthan gum in drug delivery applications
6. Gellan gum in drug delivery applications
7. Guar gum in drug delivery applications
8. Locust bean gum in drug delivery application
9. Sterculia gum in drug delivery applications
10. Pectin in drug delivery applications
11. Cashew gum in drug delivery applications
12. Tamarind gum in drug delivery applications
13. Hyaluronic acid in drug delivery applications
14. Gum odina as pharmaceutical excipient
15. Alginate-chitosan combinations in controlled drug delivery
16. Synthesis of micro- and nanoparticles of alginate and chitosan for controlled release of drugs
17. Polysaccharides nanoparticles as oral drug delivery systems
18. Natural polysaccharide-based composites for drug delivery and biomedical applications
19. Natural polysaccharides for the delivery of anticancer therapeutics
20. Organic nanocomposites for the delivery of bioactive molecules
21. Natural polysaccharides for growth factors delivery
22. Marine polysaccharides for drug delivery in tissue engineering
23. Natural polysaccharides in tissue engineering applications
24. Natural polysaccharides in wound dressing applications
25. Polysaccharides from leafy vegetables: chemical, nutritional and medicinal properties
26. Electrospun natural polysaccharide for biomedical application
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: July 23, 2019
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
MH
Md Saquib Hasnain
AN
Amit Kumar Nayak
Amit Kumar Nayak (M. Pharm, Ph.D) is currently working as Professor at 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.