Polymeric Nanoparticles as a Promising Tool for Anti-cancer Therapeutics
- 1st Edition - June 25, 2019
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Prashant Kesharwani, Kishore M. Paknikar, Virendra Gajbhiye
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 6 9 6 3 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 7 3 3 1 - 2
Polymeric Nanoparticles as Promising Tool for Anti-cancer Therapeutics provides an understanding of polymeric compounds and their use in cancer therapies. The book begins by giving… Read more
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Request a sales quotePolymeric Nanoparticles as Promising Tool for Anti-cancer Therapeutics provides an understanding of polymeric compounds and their use in cancer therapies. The book begins by giving an overview of the current status, future challenges and potential utilization of polymeric nanoparticles. It then covers specific polymeric nanoparticles through contributions from world-renowned experts and researchers. Chapters examine specific polymeric nanoparticles, their development as potential targeted delivery systems, and cancer characteristics that can be targeted for therapy development. The book synthesizes current research trends in the field, thus enhancing existing knowledge of nanomedicine, drug delivery and therapeutic intervention strategies in human cancers.
Users will find this to be an ideal reference for research scientists and those in the pharmaceutical and medical fields who are working to develop novel cancer therapies using nanoparticle-based delivery systems.
- Explores the development of polymeric nanoparticle systems for the purpose of cancer therapy
- Presents thoroughly analyzed data and results regarding the usage of polymeric nanoparticles-based platforms for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer
- Highlights various cancer characteristics that can be targeted for therapeutic development using polymeric nanoparticles
Research scientists and industry professionals in pharmaceutical science, biomedicine, polymer science, nanomedicine, cancer research and biotechnology who are working on technological advancement in designing targeted therapies and drug delivery systems
PrefacePrashant Kesharwani, Kishore M. Paknikar, Virendra Gajbhiye1. Current status and future challenges of various polymers as cancer therapeuticsPramod Kumar, Kavita Gajbhiye, Kishore M. Paknikar, Virendra Gajbhiye2. An overview of polymeric nanoparticles as potential cancer therapeuticsSankalp Agarwal, Abishai Dominic, Samiksha Wasnik3. Poly acrylate (e.g., poly methylacrylate, poly ethyl acrylate, etc.) nanoparticles as promising tool for anticancer therapeuticsKailash C. Petkar4. Poly (alkyl cyano acrylate) nanoparticles as promising tool for anticancer therapeuticsGeorgi Yordanov5. Poly (α-hydroxy acids) based nanoparticles for Drug/Gene delivery for cancer therapyNarsireddy Amreddy, Anish Babu, Anupama Munshi, Rajagopal Ramesh6. Poly (ester), Poly hydroxy alkanoate nanoparticles as promising tool for anticancer therapeuticsBapi Gorain, Hira Choudhury, Manisha Pandey, Chandrakanth Kokare, Prashant Kesharwani7. Poly (phospho ester), Poly (phosphazene) nanoparticles as promising tool for anticancer therapeuticsPrajakta Tambe, Nida Sayed, Kishore M. Paknikar, Virendra Gajbhiye8. Poly (carbonate) nanoparticles as promising tool for anticancer therapeuticsSima Singh, Afzal Hussain, Rajeshwar Reddy Aleti, Manimbulu Nlooto, Rajshekhar Karpoormath9. Poly (amino acid) nanoparticles as promising tool for anticancer therapeuticsAhmed Elzoghby10. Poly ethylene glycol nanoparticles as promising tool for anticancer therapeuticsAdityanarayan Mohapatra, Saji Uthaman, and In-Kyu Park11. Dendrimer (polyamidoamine, polypropylene imine, poly-L-lysine, carbosilane dendrimers, triazine dendrimers) as promising tool for anticancer therapeuticsRahul Shukla, Ajit Singh, Vishwas Pardhi, Sunil Dubey, Prashant Kesharwani12. Conjugated polymer nanoparticles as promising tool for anticancer therapeuticsSumithra Y. Srinivasan, Kavita Gajbhiye, Kishore M. Paknikar, Virendra Gajbhiye 13. Microbes based natural polymer (Xanthum gum, alginate, gellan gum, carrageenan) nanoparticles as promising tool for anticancer therapeuticsVividha Dhapte, Varsha Pokharkar14. Plant based natural polymer (Guar gum, pectin, starch, cellulose, cyclodextrins) nanoparticles as promising tool for anticancer therapeuticsGamze Varan, Cem Varan, Erem Bilensoy15. Animal based natural polymer (Gelatin, chitosan, albumin, hyaluronic acid, chondroitin sulphate) nanoparticles as promising tool for anticancer therapeuticsR. Jayachandra Babu, Manjusha Annaji, Ahmed Alsaqr, Robert D. Arnold16. Polymersomes as promising tool for anticancer therapeuticsMohammad Ramezani17. Other polymers (Poly sulfonic acids, Poly carboxylic acids, Poly boronic acid, Poly silamine, etc.) nanoparticles as promising tool for anticancer therapeuticsFarah Rehan, Nafees Ahemad, Manish Gupta18. Conclusion and future prospective of polymeric nanoparticles as cancer therapeuticsRahul Shukla, Siva B. Lokesh, Mayank Handa, Prashant Kesharwani
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 25, 2019
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 432
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128169636
- eBook ISBN: 9780128173312
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Prashant Kesharwani
Dr. Prashant Kesharwani is assistant professor of Pharmaceutics at Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India. He has more than 12 years of teaching, research, and industrial experience at international levels from various countries, including the United States, Malaysia, and India. An overarching goal of his current research is the development of nanoengineered drug delivery systems for various diseases. He has more than 350 international publications in well-reputed journals and more than 25 international books (Elsevier). He is a recipient of many research grants from various funding bodies. He is also the recipient of several internationally acclaimed awards, such as “USERN Laureate award”, most prestigious “SERB-Ramanujan Fellowship Award”. He actively participates in outreach and scientific dissemination for the service of the wider community. His Number of citations is = 26779; h-index = 85; i-10 index = 370 (According to google scholar on March 2025). He has more than 30 international publications published in very high impact factor journals (Progress in Polymer Sciences IF 32.063, Molecular Sciences IF 41.444, Progress in Material Sciences IF 48.580, Advanced Materials IF 29.4, Drug Resistance Update IF 22.841 and Material Todays IF 32.072). He has presented many invited talks and oral presentations at prestigious scientific peer-conferences, received international acclaims and awards for research contribution, supervised students/junior researchers and actively participated in outreach and scientific dissemination for the service of the wider community.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, 470003, IndiaKP
Kishore M. Paknikar
Dr. Kishore M. Paknikar is Professor Agharkar Chair and former Director of Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, India. He is a MSc in Microbiology (1980) and a PhD in Microbiology (1984) from the University of Poona, India. His work in the field of delivery systems focuses on the delivery of drugs, proteins, peptides, siRNA, and nutrients. He is also exploring systems like polymeric nanoparticles and dendrimers for delivery of bioactive molecules in the treatment of cancers, Alzheimer’s disease, candidiasis, etc. He has more than 120 publications in highly reputed journals and 33 patents to his credit. He was a visiting Professor at Louis Pasteur University (Strasbourg, France) and Wayne State University (School of Medicine, Detroit, USA). He also worked as a Research Advisor at National Nanotechnology Centre (Ministry of Science and Technology), Bangkok, Thailand. He has several fellowships and awards to his credit.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Agharkar Chair, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, India
Visiting Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
Visiting Professor, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, IndiaVG
Virendra Gajbhiye
Dr. Virendra Gajbhiye has been working in the field of nanomedicine for the last 15 years. He has a doctoral degree (Ph.D.) in Pharmaceutical Science with post-doctoral research experience at University of Wisconsin-Madison and Oregon Health and Sciences University. Since 2013 he is working as a Scientist in Nanomedicine at Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, India. He has worked extensively with polymeric nanoparticles specially dendrimers and mesoporous silica nanoparticles. His research interest lies in Nanomedicine, Targeted drug and siRNA delivery, Biomedical application of dendrimers, Biomaterials unimolecular micelles and imaging, Multifunctional polymeric nanoparticles, Nanoparticles in tissue engineering.
Affiliations and expertise
Scientist in Nanomedicine, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, IndiaRead Polymeric Nanoparticles as a Promising Tool for Anti-cancer Therapeutics on ScienceDirect