LEADER 04526nam 2200949z- 450 001 9910557365403321 005 20220111 035 $a(CKB)5400000000042237 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/76830 035 $a(oapen)doab76830 035 $a(EXLCZ)995400000000042237 100 $a20202201d2021 |y 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aDrug Delivery Systems Based on Polysaccharides 210 $aBasel, Switzerland$cMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute$d2021 215 $a1 online resource (176 p.) 311 08$a3-0365-1676-X 311 08$a3-0365-1675-1 330 $aWe live in a constantly changing society, in which life expectancy has continuously increased, and, therefore, important health issues need to be solved. The development of nanotechnology with applications in the medical field-nanomedicine-has been proven to have strong therapeutic potential, especially by combining drugs with natural polymers, polysaccharides being most commonly used in the development of sustained and controlled release systems of biologically active principles. Polymeric nanoparticles loaded with drugs can actively target various diseases, being able to penetrate cells more effectively or succeed in overcoming some physiological barriers such as the blood-brain barrier. Drug-loaded hydrogels are used to treat dermal and dental conditions, and can act as scaffolds for the development of cell cultures with applications in tissue engineering. The recent literature abounds with articles discussing aspects of obtaining new polymer drug systems and their use in various biomedical applications. The editors of this Special Issue of the journal Molecules, entitled Drug Delivery Systems Based on Polysaccharides, are researchers with decades of experience in this field, and they consider justified and useful these several articles which report recent results of drug delivery systems based on polysaccharides and derivatives, respectively, and their biomedical applications. The authors of the articles are experts in the field, and the editors express their gratitude for the kindness and promptness with which they responded to the call to contribute the recently obtained results of their research to this specific edition of the journal Molecules. 606 $aResearch and information: general$2bicssc 610 $aadsorption studies 610 $aantibacterial properties 610 $abetaine structure 610 $abioactive aldehyde release 610 $abrushite 610 $acalcium phosphate cements 610 $acell viability 610 $achitin 610 $achitin characterization 610 $achitin sources 610 $achitosan 610 $acompression analysis 610 $acontrolled release 610 $acrushing strength 610 $acurcumin immobilization 610 $adelivery system 610 $adisintegration 610 $adissolution 610 $adrug delivery systems 610 $aelectrospun fibers 610 $aenhanced penetration efficiency 610 $afilms 610 $agellan gum 610 $agels 610 $agraft polymerization 610 $agrafted copolymer 610 $ahydrogel film 610 $ahydrogels 610 $ajoint invariant function 610 $amathematical model 610 $amechanical properties 610 $amicrobiological properties 610 $amicroparticles 610 $amultifractal 610 $aN-vinylimidazole 610 $ananoparticles 610 $aoxidized carboxymethyl cellulose 610 $aperiodontitis 610 $aphysical-chemical properties 610 $apolymorphs 610 $apolysaccharides 610 $aRiccati gauge 610 $aScale Relativity Theory 610 $aSL(2R)-type group 610 $asurface modification 610 $atargeting delivery 610 $atransdermal drug delivery 610 $atransdermal nanocarrier 610 $atriazole derivative 615 7$aResearch and information: general 700 $aPopa$b Marcel$4edt$01164366 702 $aAtanase$b Leonard Ionut$4edt 702 $aPopa$b Marcel$4oth 702 $aAtanase$b Leonard Ionut$4oth 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910557365403321 996 $aDrug Delivery Systems Based on Polysaccharides$93020969 997 $aUNINA