Full Description
Plant Polysaccharides as Pharmaceutical Excipients explores innovative techniques and applications of plant-derived polysaccharides as pharmaceutical excipients. Plant polysaccharides are sustainable, renewable and abundantly available, offering attractive properties in terms of water solubility, swelling ability, non-toxicity and biodegradability. These qualities have resulted in extensive exploration into their applications as excipients in a variety of pharmaceutical dosage forms. This book takes a comprehensive, application-oriented approach, drawing on the very latest research that includes sources, classification and extraction methods of plant polysaccharides. Subsequent chapters focus on plant polysaccharides for individual pharmaceutical applications, enabling the reader to understand their preparation for specific targeted uses.
Throughout the book, information is supported by illustrations, chemical structures, flow charts and data tables, providing a clear understanding. Finally, future perspectives and challenges are reviewed and discussed.
Contents
1. Plant polysaccharides: Sources, classifications and extraction methods
2. Biocompatibility of plant polysaccharides
3. Properties of plant polysaccharides used as pharmaceutical excipients
4. Plant polysaccharides in pharmaceutical tablets
5. Plant polysaccharides as suspending agents in pharmaceutical suspensions
6. Plant polysaccharides as emulsifiers in pharmaceutical emulsions
7. Plant polysaccharides-based in multiple-units for oral drug delivery
8. Plant polysaccharides in nanoparticles for drug delivery
9. Plant polysaccharides in transdermal drug delivery
10. Plant polysaccharides in buccal drug delivery
11. Plant polysaccharides in nasal drug delivery
12. Plant polysaccharides in ocular drug delivery
13. Plant polysaccharides as useful excipients for the preparation of suppository
14. Plant polysaccharides in colon-targeting drug delivery
15. Plant polysaccharides in pharmaceutical gels
16. Plant polysaccharides in pharmaceutical hydrogels
17. Plant polysaccharides in formulation coating
18. Plant polysaccharides for protein binding
19. Plant polysaccharides for drug delivery in wound healing
20. Plant polysaccharides for biomedical implants
21. Plant polysaccharides for drug delivery in tissue repair
22. Future perspectives and challenges of plant polysaccharides as pharmaceutical excipients
