Over the past few decades, there has been unprecedented progress in the design of versatile biopolymer-based nanoplatforms for pharmaceutical and biomedical applications, particularly due to their attractive traits, including excellent biocompatibility, outstanding biodegradability, low immunogenicity, and facile chemical modifiability. Biopolymer-Based Nanomaterials in Drug Delivery and Biomedical Applications serves as a clear and detailed body of information on the synthesis and characterization of biopolymer-based materials in nanomedicine. This book describes various nanomaterials consisting of biopolymers including polysaccharides (i.e., derived from plants, animals, bacteria, algae, and fungi) and polypeptides in terms of their structures, synthetic protocols, and characterization and uses as therapeutic drugs and gene delivery carriers and in other biomedical fields. The chapters of this book, which are contributed by internationally renowned scholars working in the arena of biopolymer-based nanomaterials, would offer a wide vision on the potential future applications of these nanomaterials in the delivery and targeting of bioactive molecules of pharmaceutical interests and in tissue engineering, biosensing, bioimaging, and diagnostic purposes. The state-of-the-art information presented in the book would also encourage young investigators and researchers to further bring cutting-edge developments in the field of nanomedicine in the near future.
1. Biopolymer-Based Nanomaterials in Drug Delivery and Biomedical Applications - p. iii 2. Cover - p. iii 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright Page - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. Contributors - p. xiii 7. About the editors - p. xix 8. Preface - p. xxiii 9. Chapter 1 Biopolymer-based materials in nanomedicine: Synthesis and characterization - p. 3 10. Chapter 2 Starch-based nanomaterials in drug delivery applications - p. 31 11. Chapter 3 Cellulose-based nanomaterials in drug delivery applications - p. 57 12. Chapter 4 Pectin-based nanomaterials in drug delivery applications - p. 87 13. Chapter 5 Konjac glucomannan-based nanomaterials in drug delivery and biomedical applications - p. 119 14. Chapter 6 Guar gum-based nanomaterials in drug delivery and biomedical applications - p. 143 15. Chapter 7 Gum arabic-based nanomaterials in drug delivery and biomedical applications - p. 165 16. Chapter 8 Chitosan-based nanomaterials in drug delivery applications - p. 185 17. Chapter 9 Hyaluronic acid-based nanosystems for drug delivery applications - p. 221 18. Chapter 10 Curdlan-based nanomaterials in drug delivery applications - p. 253 19. Chapter 11 Xanthan-based nanomaterials for drug delivery applications - p. 275 20. Chapter 12 Dextran-based nanomaterials in drug delivery applications - p. 293 21. Chapter 13 Gellan gum-based nanomaterials in drug delivery applications - p. 313 22. Chapter 14 Alginate-based nanomaterials in drug delivery applications - p. 339 23. Chapter 15 Carrageenan-based nanomaterials in drug delivery applications - p. 365 24. Chapter 16 Pullulan-based nanomaterials in drug delivery applications - p. 383 25. Chapter 17 Gelatin-based nanomaterials in drug delivery and biomedical applications - p. 407 26. Chapter 18 Collagen-based nanomaterials in drug delivery and biomedical applications - p. 427 27. Chapter 19 Silk protein-based nanomaterials in drug delivery and biomedical applications - p. 447 28. Chapter 20 Albumin-based nanomaterials in drug delivery and biomedical applications - p. 465 29. Chapter 21 Zein-based nanomaterials in drug delivery and biomedical applications - p. 497 30. Chapter 22 Casein-based nanomaterials in drug delivery and biomedical applications - p. 519 31. Chapter 23 Cell penetration peptide-based nanomaterials in drug delivery and biomedical applications - p. 535 32. Index - p. 589
Over the past few decades, there has been unprecedented progress in the design of versatile biopolymer-based nanoplatforms for pharmaceutical and biomedical applications, particularly due to their attractive traits, including excellent biocompatibility, outstanding biodegradability, low immunogenicity, and facile chemical modifiability. Biopolymer-Based Nanomaterials in Drug Delivery and Biomedical Applications serves as a clear and detailed body of information on the synthesis and characterization of biopolymer-based materials in nanomedicine. This book describes various nanomaterials consisting of biopolymers including polysaccharides (i.e., derived from plants, animals, bacteria, algae, and fungi) and polypeptides in terms of their structures, synthetic protocols, and characterization and uses as therapeutic drugs and gene delivery carriers and in other biomedical fields. The chapters of this book, which are contributed by internationally renowned scholars working in the arena of biopolymer-based nanomaterials, would offer a wide vision on the potential future applications of these nanomaterials in the delivery and targeting of bioactive molecules of pharmaceutical interests and in tissue engineering, biosensing, bioimaging, and diagnostic purposes. The state-of-the-art information presented in the book would also encourage young investigators and researchers to further bring cutting-edge developments in the field of nanomedicine in the near future.
1. Biopolymer-Based Nanomaterials in Drug Delivery and Biomedical Applications - p. iii 2. Cover - p. iii 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright Page - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. Contributors - p. xiii 7. About the editors - p. xix 8. Preface - p. xxiii 9. Chapter 1 Biopolymer-based materials in nanomedicine: Synthesis and characterization - p. 3 10. Chapter 2 Starch-based nanomaterials in drug delivery applications - p. 31 11. Chapter 3 Cellulose-based nanomaterials in drug delivery applications - p. 57 12. Chapter 4 Pectin-based nanomaterials in drug delivery applications - p. 87 13. Chapter 5 Konjac glucomannan-based nanomaterials in drug delivery and biomedical applications - p. 119 14. Chapter 6 Guar gum-based nanomaterials in drug delivery and biomedical applications - p. 143 15. Chapter 7 Gum arabic-based nanomaterials in drug delivery and biomedical applications - p. 165 16. Chapter 8 Chitosan-based nanomaterials in drug delivery applications - p. 185 17. Chapter 9 Hyaluronic acid-based nanosystems for drug delivery applications - p. 221 18. Chapter 10 Curdlan-based nanomaterials in drug delivery applications - p. 253 19. Chapter 11 Xanthan-based nanomaterials for drug delivery applications - p. 275 20. Chapter 12 Dextran-based nanomaterials in drug delivery applications - p. 293 21. Chapter 13 Gellan gum-based nanomaterials in drug delivery applications - p. 313 22. Chapter 14 Alginate-based nanomaterials in drug delivery applications - p. 339 23. Chapter 15 Carrageenan-based nanomaterials in drug delivery applications - p. 365 24. Chapter 16 Pullulan-based nanomaterials in drug delivery applications - p. 383 25. Chapter 17 Gelatin-based nanomaterials in drug delivery and biomedical applications - p. 407 26. Chapter 18 Collagen-based nanomaterials in drug delivery and biomedical applications - p. 427 27. Chapter 19 Silk protein-based nanomaterials in drug delivery and biomedical applications - p. 447 28. Chapter 20 Albumin-based nanomaterials in drug delivery and biomedical applications - p. 465 29. Chapter 21 Zein-based nanomaterials in drug delivery and biomedical applications - p. 497 30. Chapter 22 Casein-based nanomaterials in drug delivery and biomedical applications - p. 519 31. Chapter 23 Cell penetration peptide-based nanomaterials in drug delivery and biomedical applications - p. 535 32. Index - p. 589
