Title
Natural Polymers for Drug Deliver
Role(s)
Editor(s): H. Kharkwal and S. Janaswarmy
Contributing author(s) Chapter One: Harsha Kharkwal, Bhanu Malhotra, and Srinivas Janaswamy
Contributing author Chapter Five: Srinivas Janaswamy
Files
Document Type
Book
Description
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 encyclopedic overview of natural polymers:
* quintessential roles in binding drugs towards enhancing bio-availability
* 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.
ISBN
9781780644479
Publication Date
12-2016
Publisher
CAB International
City
Wallingford U.K.
Copyright
Copyright © 2016 CAB International. Posted with permission.
Recommended Citation
Janaswamy, Srinivas and Kharkwal, Harsha, "Natural Polymers for Drug Deliver" (2016). Dairy and Food Science Faculty Books. 1.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/dairy_book/1
Comments
This item record contains chapters one and five as downloadable PDFs. These are posted with permission of the publisher CABI, following a six month embargo.