Natural Polymers for Drug Delivery (Hardcover)

Natural polymers have been utilized extensively in food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, textiles, oil drilling and paint industries. Their non-toxic and inexpensive attributes readily enhance their commercial acceptability and make them potent agents in lieu of synthetic polymers. This book explores the opportunistic utility of natural polymers in developing effective drug delivery systems and provides a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of their source, chemical structure and mechanism of action. Covering novel polymers for drug delivery - in particular extracts from plants, microorganisms and proteins, as well as water soluble and water insoluble biodegradable polymers - it presents an encyclopaedic overview of natural polymers': - quintessential roles in binding drugs towards enhancing bioavailability - modification and derivatization for targeted delivery - role as active drugs Natural Polymers for Drug Delivery is an invaluable resource for researchers, students and industrial scientists in the fields of biochemistry, chemistry, pharmacology and food science.

General

Imprint:	Cabi Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2016
First published:	2017
Editors:	Harsha Kharkwal • Srinivas Janaswamy
Contributors:	Neerupma Dhiman • Ramprasad • Monika Joshi • Deepshikha Pande Katare • Wong Tin Wui • Anirbandeep Bose • Ali Demir Sezer • Erdal Cevher
Dimensions:	244 x 172 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	216
ISBN-13:	978-1-78064-447-9
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Pharmacology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Chemistry > Organic chemistry > Polymer chemistry
LSN:	1-78064-447-7
Barcode:	9781780644479

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