Alginates: Versatile Polymers in Biomedical Applications and Therapeutics

ISBN-13: 9781774634578 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 626 str.

MD Saquib Hasnain; Amit Kumar Nayak

Opis

Explores the latest research on the use of alginate as a biopolymer in various biomedical applications and therapeutics. The uses of alginates and modified alginates discussed include tissue regeneration, encapsulation and delivery of drugs, nucleic acid materials, proteins and peptides, genes, herbal therapeutic agents, nutraceuticals, and more

Spis treści

1. Alginates: Source, Chemistry, and Properties  2. Recent Advances of Alginates as Material for Biomedical Applications  3. Alginates: Hydrogels, their Chemistry, and Applications  4. Alginate-Based Hydrogels: Synthesis, Characterization, and Biomedical Application  5. Chemically Modified Alginates for Advanced Biomedical Applications  6. Bionanocomposites of Alginates, their Chemistry, and Applications  7. Alginate and its Applications in Tissue Engineering  8. Alginate-Based Scaffolds in Bone Tissue Engineering Applications  9. Alginate Properties, Pharmaceutical and Tissue Engineering Applications  10. Alginate: Drug Delivery and Application  11. Chemical and Physical Modifications of Alginate to Improve their use as Carriers in Delivery Systems  12. Updates on Alginate-Based Interpenetrating Polymer Networks for Sustained Drug Release  13. Alginate Nanoparticles  14. Alginate-Based Nanocarriers in Modern Therapeutics  15. Alginate-Based Composites in Drug Delivery Applications  16. Hydroxyapatite-Alginate Composites in Drug Delivery  17. Alginate-Based Gastrointestinal Tract Drug Delivery Systems  18. Alginate Hydrogels as a Colon-Targeted Drug Delivery System  19. Alginate Carriers for Treatment of Ocular Diseases  20. Alginate Carriers for Bioactive Substances: Herbal Natural Compounds and Nucleic Acid Materials

O autorze

Md Saquib Hasnain, PhD, has over six years of research experience in the field of drug delivery and pharmaceutical formulation analyses, especially in systematic development and characterization of diverse nanostructured drug delivery systems, controlled release drug delivery systems, bioenhanced drug delivery systems, nanomaterials and nanocomposites employing Quality by Design approaches as well as development and characterization of polymeric composites, formulation characterization using FTIR, DSC, PXRD, SEM, TEM, HPLC, LC-MS, and many more. He has authored many publications in various journals and book chapters, and has one Indian patent application to his credit. He has also participated and presented his research work at conferences in India and abroad. He is a member of several scientific societies, including the Royal Society of Chemistry, the International Association of Environmental and Analytical Chemistry, and the Swiss Chemical Society.

 

Amit Kumar Nayak, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the Seemanta Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Odisha, India. He has over ten years of research experience in the field of pharmaceutics, especially in the development and characterization of polymeric composites, hydrogels, novel and nanostructured drug delivery systems, formulation characterization using FTIR, DSC, PXRD, SEM, TEM, and HPLC. He has authored over 120 publications in various journals and has many book chapters to his credit. He has been a permanent reviewer of many international journals and has participated and presented his research work at several conferences in India. He is a life member of the Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India.