Tailor-Made and Functionalized Biopolymer Systems: For Drug Delivery and Biomedical Applications

Tailor-Made and Functionalized Biopolymer Systems: For Drug Delivery and Biomedical Applications covers the design and application of these functionalized and tailor-made biopolymers and biopolymer systems intended for drug delivery and biomedical applications. Various concepts, design protocols and biomedical applications of tailor-made biopolymer systems are covered, guiding the reader from theoretical knowledge to practical application. Authored by an array of experts from global institutions, this book offers an interdisciplinary approach to how tailor-made biopolymers lead to novel drug delivery and treatment solutions. This will be a useful reference to a broad audience, including biomedical engineers, materials scientists, pharmacologists and chemists. Provides a concise overview of tailor-made and functionalized biopolymer systems for biomedical applicationsCovers a range of modified biopolymers, biopolymeric composites and biopolymer-based systems in drug delivery, development of artificial organs, diagnostic applications, and moreDescribes characterization, synthesis and functionalization of biopolymers and biopolymers systems INDICE: 1. Introduction Section 1: Modified biopolymers 2. Thiolated biopolymers in drug delivery and biomedical applications 3. Smart biopolymers for controlled drug delivery applications 4. Alginate based systems for protein and peptide delivery 5. Chitosan based polyelectrolyte complexes in biomedical applications 6. Tailor-made cyclodextrin based nanomaterials as drug carriers Section 2: Biopolymeric conjugates/composites 7. Biopolymer-metal oxide composites in biomedical applications 8. Biopolymer-drug conjugates as biomaterials 9. Functionalized biopolymer-clay based composites as drug-cargos 10. Mesoprous silica-biopolymer based systems in drug delivery applications Section 3: Modified biopolymer based biomaterials 11. Micellar drug delivery systems based on amphiphilic block and graft biopolymers 12. Engineering of biopolymer based nanofibers for medical use 13. Engineered protein and protein-polysaccharide cages for drug delivery and therapeutic applications 14. Biopolymer-lipid based systems in biomedical applications 15. Biopolymeric hydrogels prepared via click chemistry as carriers of therapeutic modalities 16. Biopolymeric nanocrystals in drug delivery applications Section 4: Biopolymeric systems in biomedical applications 17. Functionalized biopolymers for colon targeted drug delivery 18. Modified biopolymer-based hydrogels for localized drug delivery to brain 19. Modified biopolymers based chronotherapeutic drug delivery systems 20. Biopolymeric systems for the delivery of nucleic acids (gene, siRNA, miRNA etc.) 21. Stimuli responsive biopolymeric systems for drug delivery to cancer cells 22. Stimuli responsive biopolymeric systems in the development of smart artificial organs and medical devices 23. Biopolymeric systems for diagnostic applications 24. Conclusion

• ISBN: 978-0-12-821437-4
• Editorial: Woodhead Publishing
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 690
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2021
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés