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Record Nr.

UNINA9910688365503321

Titolo

Drug Carriers / / edited by Luis Jesús Villarreal-Gómez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : IntechOpen, , 2022

©2022

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 222 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

615.6

Soggetti

Drug delivery systems

Pharmacology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

1. Novel Drug Carries: Properties and Applications -- 2. Selection and Role of Polymers for Designing of a Drug Carrier -- 3. Thin Films: A Promising Approach for Drug Delivery System -- 4. Drug Delivery Applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) -- 5. Advances in Graphene Platforms for Drug Delivery in Cancer and Its Biocompatibility -- 6. A Microfluidic Device as a Drug Carrier -- 7. Lipid Nanoparticulate Drug Delivery Systems: Approaches toward Improvement in Therapeutic Efficacy of Bioactive Molecules -- 8. Lipid and Polymeric Nanocapsules -- 9. Plant Gum Based Drug Carriers.

Sommario/riassunto

Conventional drug administration has several issues and challenges. Drugs may not be fully absorbed or targeted, some drugs produce undesirable secondary effects and cause organ damage, and others trigger inflammation and immune response. As such, drug carrier systems are being developed to help promote drug absorption, enhance targeting, and avoid or decrease negative symptoms. This book examines different drug carriers and drug carrier systems. Chapters address such topics as the use of polymers in drug carrier systems, thin films, metal-organic frameworks, graphene quantum dots, and nanotechnology and microfluidics for drug delivery.