Natural Polymers for Pharmaceutical Applications, Volume 3: Animal-Derived Polymers (Original PDF from Publisher)

Specification

Language
‎English

Publisher
Other Publisher

Published Year
2020

Edition : 1

Format : Publisher PDF

File Size : 14.1 MB

ISBN : 9781771888479, 9781000576870, 9781000586855, 9780429328350

Description

by Amit Kumar Nayak (Author)
 

In recent years, many animal-derived polymers have emerged as an attractive category of naturally derived polymers because of their advantageous physicochemical, chemical, and biological properties. The important biological properties of these natural polymers derived from animals are biocompatibility and biodegradation. These polymers are generally composed of repeated units of amino acids. Moreover, these polymers can be modified physically and/or chemically to improve their biomaterial properties.
 
Natural Polymers for Pharmaceutical Applications, Volume 3: Animal-Derived Polymers looks at how these polymers can be exploited as pharmaceutical excipients in various pharmaceutical dosage forms, like microparticles, nanoparticles, ophthalmic preparations, gels, implants, etc. The commonly used animal-derived polymers used as pharmaceutical excipients are hyaluronic acid (hyaluronan), albumin, collagen, gelatin, chondroitin, etc.

Product Details

Publisher: Apple Academic Press; October 16, 2019
Language: English
ISBN: 9781771888479
ISBN: 9781000576870