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Natural Polysaccharides in Drug Delivery and Biomedical Applications provides a fundamental overview of natural polysaccharides, their sources, extraction methodologies, and characterizations. It covers specific natural polysaccharides and their effective application in drug delivery and biomedical use. Additionally, chapters in the book discuss key topics including the sources and extraction methodologies of natural polysaccharides, their role in tissue engineering applications, polysaccharide-based nanoparticles in biomedical applications, and their role in the delivery of anticancer drugs. Written by industry leaders and edited by experts, this book emphasizes recent advances made in the field.Natural Polysaccharides in Drug Delivery and Biomedical Applications provides academics, researchers, and pharmaceutical health care professionals with a comprehensive book on polysaccharides in pharmaceutical delivery process.

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Author:   Md Saquib Hasnain, Ph.D (Department of Pharmacy, Palamau Institute of Pharmacy, Daltonganj, Jharkhand, India) ,  Amit Kumar Nayak (Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India) ,  Md Saquib Hasnain (Department of Pharmacy, Shri Venkateshwara University, Gajraula, U.P., India) ,  Md Saquib Hasnain (Department of Pharmacy, Shri Venkateshwara University, Gajraula, U.P., India)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Weight:   1.340kg
ISBN:  

9780128170557

ISBN 10:   0128170557
Pages:   654
Publication Date:   27 July 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1. Natural polysaccharides: sources and extraction methodologies 2. Pharmaceutical applications of natural polysaccharides 3. Sodium alginate in drug delivery and biomedical areas 4. Chitosan in drug delivery applications 5. Xanthan gum in drug delivery applications 6. Gellan gum in drug delivery applications 7. Guar gum in drug delivery applications 8. Locust bean gum in drug delivery application 9. Sterculia gum in drug delivery applications 10. Pectin in drug delivery applications 11. Cashew gum in drug delivery applications 12. Tamarind gum in drug delivery applications 13. Hyaluronic acid in drug delivery applications 14. Gum odina as pharmaceutical excipient 15. Alginate-chitosan combinations in controlled drug delivery 16. Synthesis of micro- and nanoparticles of alginate and chitosan for controlled release of drugs 17. Polysaccharides nanoparticles as oral drug delivery systems 18. Natural polysaccharide-based composites for drug delivery and biomedical applications 19. Natural polysaccharides for the delivery of anticancer therapeutics 20. Organic nanocomposites for the delivery of bioactive molecules 21. Natural polysaccharides for growth factors delivery 22. Marine polysaccharides for drug delivery in tissue engineering 23. Natural polysaccharides in tissue engineering applications 24. Natural polysaccharides in wound dressing applications 25. Polysaccharides from leafy vegetables: chemical, nutritional and medicinal properties 26. Electrospun natural polysaccharide for biomedical application

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Prof. (Dr.) Md Saquib Hasnain has over 10 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 70 publications in various high impact peer-reviewed journals, more than 100 book chapters and 16 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 in Google Scholar (h-index: 32). 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. 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.

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