Plant and Algal Hydrogels for Drug Delivery and Regenerative Medicine Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials Series
Coordonnateurs : Kumar Giri Tapan, Ghosh Bijaya
Plant and Algal Hydrogels for Drug Delivery and Regenerative Medicine offers a materials-focused and systematic overview of biopolymeric hydrogels utilized for biomedical applications. The book details the synthesis and characterization of plant and algal-based hydrogels, with each chapter addressing a separate polysaccharide hydrogel type. Specific applications in drug delivery and regenerative medicine are also discussed, highlighting the efficacy, biocompatibility, benefits and challenges for each polysaccharide hydrogel subtype. There is increasing demand for biomaterials which reduce/prevent the host response, inflammation and rejection, hence this book provides a timely resource.
Biopolymeric hydrogels have skyrocketed because of their necessity in in vivo applications. They create an environment similar to living tissue, which is both biocompatible and biodegradable. Plant and algal polysaccharides in particular are well-equipped with functional groups that are easily modified for beneficial results.
1. Natural polysaccharides: Types, basic structure and suitability for forming hydrogels 2. Prospect of plant and algal polysaccharides-based hydrogels 3. Starch-based hydrogels 4. Cyclodextrins-based hydrogel 5. Potential of guar gum hydrogels in drug delivery 6. Hemicelluloses-based hydrogels 7. Locust bean gum-derived hydrogels 8. Inulin-based hydrogel 9. Hydrogels based on carrageenan 10. Hydrogels based on gum ghatti 11. Alginate-based hydrogels 12. Alginate-based nanocomposite hydrogels 13. Cellulose-based stimuli-responsive hydrogels 14. Hydrogels based on cellulose nanocomposites 15. Composite hydrogels of pectin and alginate 16. Clinical applications of biopolymer-based hydrogels
Bijaya Ghosh has been in the profession of teaching for the last 34 years and has taught undergraduate and graduate Pharmacy students in some premier institutions of North and South India. Currently, she is working as a Professor (Pharmaceutics) at NSHM Knowledge Campus-Kolkata Group of Institutions. She received her B.Pharm, M.Pharm and PhD degrees from Jadavpur University in 1983, 1986 and 1994, respectively. Keenly interested in experimenting with new concepts, she has worked in diverse fields like oral sustained release dosage form, transdermal drug delivery, iontophoresis and therapeutic drug monitoring. She has published over forty (40) research papers in peer reviewed International and National Journals. She has authored three pharmacy text books and also co-edited two research books (CRC Press and Elsevier). Equally interested in literature, she has produced a couple of novels and a series of English short stories.
- Systematically covers each plant and algal polysaccharide hydrogel subtype, from starch-based hydrogels to pectin and alginate-based hydrogels
- Provides an end-to-end description of the synthesis, characterization and application of biopolymeric hydrogels for drug delivery and regenerative medicine
- Appeals to a diverse readership, including those in biomedicine, pharmacy, polymer chemistry, biochemistry, materials science, biomedical engineering, and other biotechnology related disciplines
Date de parution : 06-2021
Ouvrage de 590 p.
15.2x22.8 cm
Thèmes de Plant and Algal Hydrogels for Drug Delivery and... :
Mots-clés :
Biopolymers; Polysaccharides; Hydrogels; Alginate; Tissue engineering; Cyclodextrin; Guar gum; Pectin; Starch; Cellulose
