Natural Biopolymers in Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering

ISBN-13: 9780323988278 / Angielski

Rangasamy V. Jayakumar; Vishnu Priya Murali

Spis treści

Section 1: Drug Delivery Applications of Natural Biopolymers Pages 1. Natural Biopolymers in Drug Delivery- Role, Challenges and Clinical Applications 2. Alginates in drug delivery systems 3. Carrageenan based drug delivery 4. Cellulose and cellulose derivatives in drug delivery 5. Chitin in drug delivery 6. Chitosan as potential carrier for drug delivery 7. Drug delivery applications of collagen 8. Cyclodextrin in drug delivery 9. Dextran based engineering: a leap in novel drug delivery 10. Progress of guar gum-based biomaterials as drug delivery carriers 11. Hyaluronic acid-based drug delivery systems for targeted cancer therapy 12. Pectin-based drug delivery system for biomedical applications 13. Role of starch-based drug delivery system and its pharma applications 14. Natural biopolymers in ophthalmology

Section 2: Tissue Engineering Applications of Natural Biopolymers Pages 15. Natural Biopolymers in Tissue Engineering- Role, Challenges and Clinical Applications 16. Alginate-based biopolymers for tissue engineering applications 17. Carrageenan in tissue engineering and biomedical applications 18. Cellulose in Tissue Engineering 19. Chitin biopolymer in tissue engineering 20. Tissue engineering and chitosan: a wonder biomaterial 21. Collagen-based biomaterials for tissue engineering applications 22. Advances in guar gum-based materials in tissue engineering applications 23. Hyaluronic acid in tissue engineering 24. Pectin in tissue engineering 25. Silk and silk fibroin in tissue engineering