Description
Micro- and Nanoengineered Gum-Based Biomaterials for Drug Delivery and Biomedical Applications focuses on micro- and nanotechnology in gums and biopolymers as drug and biomolecule carriers and their applications in biomedicine. Currently, natural gums and polymers are widely utilized as biocarrier systems, to deliver drugs and biomolecules to the target site, for prolonged release and the desired therapeutic effect. Natural gums and polymers are important because they are easily available from natural sources and are characteristically biodegradable, biocompatible, and nontoxic. Natural gums and polymers are also chemically modified with other polymers, in the presence of cross-linking agents, to develop scaffolds, matrices, composites, and interpenetrating polymer networks using micro- and nanotechnology. The book also discusses biological applications, such as gene delivery, cancer therapy, tissue engineering, bioimaging, and theranostics.This book is an important reference source for biomaterials scientists, biomedical engineers, and pharmaceutical scientists, who are looking to increase their understanding of how micro- and nanoengineered biomaterials are being used to create more efficient gum-based drug delivery systems.- Explains how micro- and nanoengineering is being used to make a variety of gum types more effective as nanocarriers.- Explores the major biomedical applications of various gum classes.- Assesses the major challenges of using micro- and nanotechnologies in gum-based biomedical systems.
Table of Contents
1. Nanomedicine approaches and strategies for gum-based stealth nanocarriers2. Micro- and nanoscale drug delivery systems based on xanthan gum hydrogels3. Chitosan-based nanoengineered drug delivery system4. Pectin-based micro- and nanomaterials in drug delivery5. Gellan gum nanoparticles in drug delivery6. Gum kondagogu as a potential material for micro- and nanoparticulate drug delivery7. Gum-based nanoparticles in cancer therapy8. Gum-based micro- and nanobiomaterials in gene delivery9. Locust bean gum-based micro- and nanomaterials for biomedical applications10. Alginate microspheres: Synthesis and their biomedical applications11. Biomedical applications of cashew gum-based micro- and nanostructures12. Dextran-based micro- and nanobiomaterials for drug delivery and biomedical applications13. Gum arabic-based nanocarriers for drug and bioactive compounds delivery14. Tamarind gum as a wall material in the microencapsulation of drugs and natural products15. Tree gum-based nanostructures and their biomedical applications16. Application of micro- and nanoengineering tragacanth and its water-soluble derivative in drug delivery and tissue engineering17. Development of Persian gum based micro- and nanocarriers for nutraceutical and drug delivery applications18. Guar gum-based hydrogel and hydrogel nanocomposites for biomedical applications
