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      • 2nd Edition
      • Volume 2
      • Kathleen E. McCormick
      • English

    • Development in Wastewater Treatment Research and Processes

      Emerging Technologies for Removal of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products: State of the Art, Challenges and Future Perspectives
      • 1st Edition
      • Maulin P. Shah + 1 more
      • English
      Development in Wastewater Treatment Research and Processes: Emerging Technologies for Removal of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products: State of the Art, Challenges and Future Perspectives provides a holistic overview on the recent advances and challenges associated with pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCP) removal from water and wastewater. The book covers advanced remediation technologies such as microbial fuel cells (MFCs), microalgae, and hybrid technologies, and focuses on the environmental sustainability of each technology, using lifecycle assessment.This book will help students and researchers in carrying out research on further advancements in the field, also helping them apply this to the real-world conditions.

    • Development in Wastewater Treatment Research and Processes

      Innovative Trends in Removal of Refractory Pollutants from Pharmaceutical Wastewater
      • 1st Edition
      • Maulin P. Shah + 1 more
      • English
      Development in Wastewater Treatment Research and Processes: Innovative Trends in Removal of Refractory Pollutants from Pharmaceutical Waste Water sorts out emerging and burning issues faced by the pharmaceutical industry, along with common effluent treatment plans. The book provides a comprehensive view of recent advents of various novel, advanced and hybrid treatment technologies in pharmaceutical wastewater treatment to treat emerging pollutants released by the pharmaceutical industry in their untreated wastewater. In addition, the book gives insights into recent developments with a physico-chemical and microbiological focus on the treatment of emerging contaminants (pollutants) present in pharmaceutical wastewater.

    • Clinical Trial Project Management

      • 1st Edition
      • Ashok Kumar Peepliwal
      • English
      Clinical Trial Project Management provides a detailed overview of how to conduct clinical trials in an international context. The process of conducting clinical studies across nations is based on a set of regulatory regimes developed by respective regulatory agencies. The book focuses on clinical study protocol approval processes, Ethics Committee approval processes, clinical study feasibilities, site selection, site initiation, site monitoring, database lock, sit close-out, clinical data processing and management, SAE reporting and compensation, randomization procedure, pharmacovigilance, statistical tools, BA/BE studies, and clinical study report writing. The book comprehensively covers the entire clinical trial process of conductance. In addition, the author also incorporates the clinical trial approval processes of USFDA, EMA, and JAPAN for conducting clinical trials.

    • Green Sustainable Process for Chemical and Environmental Engineering and Science

      Recent Advances in Nanocarriers
      • 1st Edition
      • Jorddy Neves Cruz + 2 more
      • English
      Green Sustainable Process for Chemical and Environmental Engineering and Science: Recent Advances in Nanocarriers covers nanocarrier synthesis techniques, as well as methods for encapsulating bioactive compounds. It explores the tests carried out to evaluate their pharmacological properties, in addition to investigating the recent results of clinical tests carried out for some nanocarriers. This book also addresses the most recent advances in nanocarriers and their diverse applications in modern medicine for the treatment of diseases and diagnostics. Nanocarriers play an important role in improving the treatment of diseases and diagnostic imaging as they can deliver medicines to specific locations for their actions and allow a prolonged release of the active compounds. This creates a need for researchers in academia and industry to obtain up-to-date knowledge about nanocarrier production and its pharmacological and biotechnological applications. This book contributes to this by providing the most recent and relevant topics on nanocarriers and by addressing pharmacological aspects for the treatment of various diseases, in addition to assessing the use for clinical diagnostics. So, it is a useful resource for students and researchers in the field of nanocarriers.

    • Green Sustainable Process for Chemical and Environmental Engineering and Science

      Biomedical Applications of Green Composites
      • 1st Edition
      • Tariq Altalhi + 1 more
      • English
      Biomedical Applications of Green Composites reviews the use of green composite materials in drug delivery, with a focus on capsules, resins and ceramides in biomedical fields. Chapters present green composites of polymeric origin and targeted delivery of drugs into various parts of the human body. Other sections in the book cover topics related to the applications of green composites in areas such as antimicrobial agents, pathogen control, surgical applications, dentistry and cancer therapy.

    • Medicinal Chemistry

      Fundamentals
      • 1st Edition
      • Roland Barret
      • English
      Medicinal Chemistry: Fundaments presents the cycle of the life of drugs, their physico-chemical properties, and consequences that arise in development. The fundamental concepts of Medicinal Chemistry (pharmacophore, prodrugs, Lipinsky rules) are also presented, including discussions on specific concerns of the European Pharmacopeia – the industrialist’s bible – its role, and a description of the monographs of active principles.

    • Fullerens, Graphenes and Nanotubes

      A Pharmaceutical Approach
      • 1st Edition
      • Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu
      • English
      Fullerens, Graphenes and Nanotubes: A Pharmaceutical Approach shows how carbon nanomaterials are used in the pharmaceutical industry. While there are various books on the carbonaceous nanomaterials available on the market, none approach the subject from a pharmaceutical point-of-view. In this context, the book covers different applications of carbonaceous nanomaterials. Chapters examine different types of carbon nanomaterials and explore how they are used in such areas as cancer treatments, pulse sensing and prosthetics. Readers will find this book to be a valuable reference resource for those working in the areas of carbon materials, nanomaterials and pharmaceutical science.

    • Lipid Nanocarriers for Drug Targeting

      • 1st Edition
      • Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu
      • English
      Lipid 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.

    • Organic Materials as Smart Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery

      • 1st Edition
      • Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu
      • English
      Organic Materials as Smart Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery presents the latest developments in the area of organic frameworks used in pharmaceutical nanotechnology. An up-to-date overview of organic smart nanocarriers is explored, along with the different types of nanocarriers, including polymeric micelles, cyclodextrins, hydrogels, lipid nanoparticles and nanoemlusions. Written by a diverse range of international academics, this book is a valuable reference for researchers in biomaterials, the pharmaceutical industry, and those who want to learn more about the current applications of organic smart nanocarriers.