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Natural Biopolymers for Drug Delivery. Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials

  • Book

  • March 2025
  • Elsevier Science and Technology
  • ID: 5789758
Natural Biopolymers for Drug Delivery thoroughly details the properties, benefits and challenges of using these biomaterials in drug delivery, with a strong focus on biocompatibility and reduction of unwanted interactions. An extensive range of natural biopolymers are explored, such as cellulose, chitosan, casein, gelatin, cashew gum, and many more. Biocompatibility, toxicity and regulatory considerations are also thoroughly discussed, ensuring the reader is fully equipped for efficient biomaterials selection and utilization in drug delivery applications. This is a must-have reference for those working in the fields of materials science, biomedical engineering, pharmaceutical science and pharmacology, chemical engineering and clinical science.

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction of natural biopolymers
  2. Gum Arabic in drug delivery
  3. Gum tragacanth in drug delivery
  4. Pectin in drug delivery
  5. Cellulose in drug delivery
  6. Starch in drug delivery
  7. Guar gum in drug delivery
  8. Locust bean gum in drug delivery
  9. Okra gum in drug delivery
  10. Cashew gum in drug delivery
  11. Sterculia gum in drug delivery
  12. Alginates in drug delivery
  13. Agar agar in drug delivery
  14. Chitin and chitosan in drug delivery
  15. Gellan gum in drug delivery
  16. Xanthan gum in drug delivery
  17. Promising potential of dextran-based drug delivery in healthcare management
  18. Pullulan in drug delivery
  19. Hyaluronic acid in drug delivery
  20. Carrageenan in drug delivery
  21. Exopolysaccharides in drug delivery
  22. Gelatin in drug delivery
  23. Applications, challenges, and future perspective of albumin in drug delivery
  24. Collagen in drug delivery
  25. Natural lipids and waxes in drug delivery
  26. Natural polymers and formulation perspectives
  27. Regulatory considerations of natural biopolymers for drug delivery
  28. Challenges and future perspectives of natural biopolymers in drug delivery

Authors

Amit Kumar Nayak Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

Dr. Amit Kumar Nayak (MPharm, PhD) is working as a professor, at the Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Odisha, India. He has earned his PhD from IFTM University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has over 14 years of research experiences in the field of pharmaceutics, especially in the development and characterization of novel biopolymeric and nanostructured drug delivery systems. Till date, he has authored more than 138 research and review publications in various high-impact peer-reviewed journals and 135 book chapters. He has edited/authored 23 international books to his credit. Dr. Nayak has presented his research work at several conferences. He has received University Foundation Day Research Award, 2019 and 2022 by Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Odisha. Dr. Nayak is a life member of the Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI) and a registered pharmacist.

Md Saquib Hasnain Department of Pharmacy, Palamau Institute of Pharmacy, Daltonganj, Jharkhand, India. Prof. (Dr.) Md Saquib Hasnain has over 13 years of research experience in the field of drug delivery and pharmaceutical formulation analyses, especially 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 and many more. Till date he has authored over 100 publications in various high impact peer-reviewed journals, more than 100 book chapters and 30 books to his credit. He is also serving as the reviewer of several prestigious journals. Overall, he has earned a highly impressive publishing and cited record. He has also participated and presented his research work at over ten conferences in India, and abroad. He was also a member of scientific societies i.e., Royal Society of Chemistry, Great Britain, International Association of Environmental and Analytical Chemistry, Switzerland and Swiss Chemical Society, Switzerland. Tejraj M. Aminabhavi Director of Research, Center for Energy and Environment, School of Advanced Sciences, KLE Technological University, Hubballi, Karnataka, India.

Tejraj M. Aminabhavi is the Director of Research at the Center for Energy and Environment , School of Advanced Sciences, KLE Technological University, Hubballi, India. He works in the area of membrane transport processes, molecular modeling of polymer surfaces, wastewater treatment technologies, drug delivery polymers and sustainable environmental engineering.