Biopolymer-Based Nanomaterials in Drug Delivery and Biomedical Applications

Biopolymer Based Nanomaterials in Drug Delivery and Biomedical Applications serves as a clear and detailed body of information on biopolymer chemistry and polymer sciences for drug delivery perfect for students and early career researchers. There has been an unprecedented progress in the design of versatile biopolymer based nanoplatforms for pharmaceutical and biomedical applications over the past decade. This is due to their attractive traits, including excellent biocompatibility, outstanding biodegradability, low immunogenicity and facile chemical modifiability. Recently, many pioneering research laboratories have made great headway to appropriately tailor the structures of food-grade biopolymers (viz., polysaccharides and proteins) to develop nanostructures with tuned physicochemical characteristics. Such systems are widely being used as functional materials for drug delivery and other therapeutic applications. The proposed book covers the recently reported nanomaterials consisting of biopolymers such as polysaccharides (i.e., plant, animal, bacteria, algae and fungi-derived) and proteins in terms of their structures, synthetic protocols and characterizations. In addition, their applications as therapeutic drug and gene delivery carriers and in other biomedical fields are reviewed. This book compiles the chapters contributed by internationally renowned scholars working in arena of biopolymer-based nanomaterials offering a wide vision on the new and ongoing potential of different biopolymeric nanomaterials in the delivery and targeting of active molecules of pharmaceutical interest. The information related to concepts, design protocols and applications of biopolymer-based nanoplatforms is presented here, with detailed chapters on Pectin based nanomaterials, Konjac glucomannan based nanomaterials, Guar gum-based nanomaterials, tailor-made gum Arabic based nanomaterials, among others. The state-of-the-art information presented in Biopolymer Based Nanomaterials in Drug Delivery and Biomedical Applications will encourage young investigators to further bring cutting-edge developments in the field of nanomaterials and is also helpful for researchers new to the field. Provides a critical and detailed examination in the recent development of biopolymer-based nanomaterialsFocuses on modified biopolymer-based diverse cutting-edge techniques in drug delivery and biomedical applicationsAssesses the opportunities and challenges of biopolymer-based nano-carriers in pharmaceutical and biomedical fields INDICE: Section 1: Basics on Biopolymeric nanomaterials 1. Biopolymer based materials in nanomedicine: Synthesis and characterization Section 2: Plant-derived polysaccharide based nanomaterials 2. Starch based nanomaterials in drug delivery applications 3. Cellulose based nanomaterials in drug delivery applications 4. Pectin based nanomaterials in drug delivery applications 5. Konjac glucomannan based nanomaterials in drug delivery and biomedical applications 6. Guar gum based nanomaterials in drug delivery and biomedical applications 7. Gum arabic based nanomaterials in drug delivery and biomedical applications Section 3: Animal-derived polysaccharide based nanomaterials 8. Chitosan based nanomaterials in drug delivery applications 9. Hyaluronic acid based nanomaterials in drug delivery applications Section 4: Bacteria-derived polysaccharide based nanomaterials 10. Curdlan based nanomaterials in drug delivery applications 11. Xanthan based nanomaterials in drug delivery applications 12. Dextran based nanomaterials in drug delivery applications 13. Gellan based nanomaterials in drug delivery applications Section 5: Algae/Fungi-derived polysaccharide based nanomaterials 14. Alginate based nanomaterials in drug delivery applications 15. Carrageenan based nanomaterials in drug delivery applications 16. Pullulan based nanomaterials in drug delivery applications Section 6: Protein based nanomaterials 17. Gelatin based nanomaterials in drug delivery and biomedical applications 18. Collagen based nanomaterials in drug delivery and biomedical applications 19. Silk protein based nanomaterials in drug delivery and biomedical applications 20. Albumin based nanomaterials in drug delivery and biomedical applications 21. Zein based nanomaterials in drug delivery and biomedical applications 22. Casein based nanomaterials in drug delivery and biomedical applications 23. Cell penetration peptide based nanomaterials in drug delivery and biomedical applications

• ISBN: 978-0-12-820874-8
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 470
• Fecha Publicación: 03/02/2021
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés