Full Description
Polysaccharide Hydrogels for Drug Delivery and Regenerative Medicine is an archival reference for researchers, students and scientists working on hydrogels based on microbial and animal sources. The book contains Information regarding their synthesis, characterization, and applications in the field of drug delivery and regenerative medicine. Each chapter addresses a separate polysaccharide hydrogel and its suitability in drug delivery and/or regenerative medicine. This is a novel resource that brings together a panel of highly accomplished experts in the field of natural polysaccharides to discuss basic causes and specific problems related to drug delivery and regenerative medicine.
Contents
1. Microbial and animal polysaccharides
2. Pre-clinical and clinical study of microbial and animal polysaccharide-based hydrogels
3. Glycogen based hydrogels
4. Hydrogel based on hyaluronic acid
5. Hydrogels based on chitosan
6. Hydrogels based on heparin and its conjugates
7. Xanthan gum and its composite based hydrogels
8. Gellan gum-based hydrogels
9. Hydrogels based on dextrans
10. Hydrogels based on scleroglucan
11. Pullulan based hydrogels
12. Hydrogels based on levan
13. Hydrogels based on schizophyllan
14. Curdlan based hydrogels
15. Chitosan based nanogels
16. Heparin based nanocomposite hydrogels
17. Hydrogels based on chondroitin sulfate nanocomposites
18. In situ gel based on gellan gum
