An Introduction to Drug Carriers

Buch | Hardcover

204 Seiten

2021
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-68507-148-6 (ISBN)

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The book An Introduction to Drug Carriers provides a broad overview of drug carriers. Drug carriers play medically important roles in delivering drugs to pinpointed regions in biological systems. The cell hosts most of the disorders related to diseases. Therefore, the cell is also considered the main target region for most drugs. Some of the cellular compartments, especially cell-based membranes, which are geometrically constructed with both hydrophobic and hydrophilic layers/boundaries, often appear as barriers against vital candidate drugs' journey to the target regions. Besides, there are off-target structures that need to be avoided for drugs to get adsorbed. Otherwise, drugs may cause unbearable off-target binding originated toxicity, which would reduce the efficacy of the drugs. Appropriate choice of drug carriers may help specific drugs to get conjugated and be delivered to their optimal target structures. Biophysical and biochemical characterization of drug carriers concerning their role as vehicles to carry certain drugs may be obtained using engineering techniques. Manipulation in the cellular sites that cause disturbances in drug delivery is another biomedical option utilized to ensure smooth drug delivery. Various theoretical and experimental techniques are utilized to address all these issues related to drug carriers. The collected chapters written by experts in the field will help the subject matter be understood thoroughly.

Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman, D.Sc. Biophysicist and Condensed Matter Scientist, King Saud Universitys Biochemistry Department of College of Science, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Preface; Cell Systems as Biological Drug Carriers; Vesicles as Drug Carriers; A Significant Role of Various Polymers Conjugated with Folic Acid into Micelles as a Drug Carrier in Receptor-Targeted Drug Delivery for Breast Cancer; Emerging Applications of Drug Delivery Systems in Odontogenic Infections An Overview; Nanotechnology of Cell Membrane and Drug Delivery; Current Trends in Applications of Nanosponges: A Multifaceted Drug Carrier System.

Erscheinungsdatum	11.11.2021
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Biochemie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie
ISBN-10	1-68507-148-1 / 1685071481
ISBN-13	978-1-68507-148-6 / 9781685071486
Zustand	Neuware