Full Description
This book focuses on current advancements in the field of block copolymers and covers design, concept, and various therapeutic applications in the drug delivery. It also reviews the use of block copolymers in drug delivery applications from the development of sustained release products to smart polymeric delivery systems such as stimuli-responsive polymeric systems, for example, thermosensitive, redox-sensitive, photo-sensitive, and enzyme-sensitive. The book further discusses the nano assemblies from amphiphilic block copolymers as nanomedicine platforms for diagnosis and therapy due to their relatively small size, high drug loading capacity, controlled drug release, in vivo stability, and prolonged blood circulation. The chapters also review the various patents and ongoing clinical trials on the applications, covering several important new concepts and findings in the field of block copolymers. The book is aimed at researchers, academicians, and industrial scientists involved in the development of drug-delivery systems based on polymers.
Contents
Ch 1 Introduction to block co-polymers.- Ch 2 Role of block co-polymers in drug delivery.- Ch 3 Role of block co-polymers in enhancement of poor solubility of drugs.- Ch 4 Synthesis and Self-assembly of block copolymers.- Ch 5 Role of block co-polymers in treatment of brain disorders.- Ch 6 Role of block co-polymers in treatment of neurodegenerative disorders.- Ch 7 Role of block co-polymers in colon cancer.- Ch 8 Role of block co-polymers in lung cancer.- Ch 9 Role of block co-polymers in IBD.- Ch 10 Role of block co-polymers in vaccine.- Ch 11 Role of block co-polymers in treatment of GIT disorders.- Ch 12 Role of block co-polymers in topical drug delivery.- Ch 13 Role of block co-polymers in targeted drug delivery.- Ch 14 Role of block co-polymers in ocular drug delivery.- Ch 15 Role of block co-polymeric micelles in drug delivery.- Ch 16 Applications of block co-polymers as Stimuli Responsive Copolymers.- Ch 17 Patented block co-polymers for various Therapeutics Applications.
