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Systems for Drug Delivery

Safety, Animal, and Microbial Polysaccharides

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  • Covers 200 bio-polymers with the most recent and advanced nanotechnology applications
  • Explores natural polymers in form of conjugates as well as other forms for biomedical uses
  • Discusses both polymeric science and nanotechnology in relation to each other
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Advance Polymers and Its Applications

    • Saurabh Bhatia
    Pages 119-146
  3. Toxicity of Nanodrug Delivery Systems

    • Saurabh Bhatia
    Pages 189-197

About this book

This book details current developments in all natural polymers, with a focus on animal and microbial polysaccharides. The book examines, compares, and contrasts the efficiency of plant and algae based natural polymers in inducing immune reactions. Additionally, the book details the safety and toxicity profiles with respective regulations.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Medical and Allied Sciences, GD Goenka University, Gurgaon, India

    Saurabh Bhatia

About the author

Saurabh Bhatia, PhD, is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the School of Medical and Allied sciences, GD Goenka University, Gurgaon, Haryana, India. He has several years of academic experience, teaching such specialized subjects as Natural product science, nanotechnology, biotechnology, parasitology, polymeric sciences, biomaterials. He has promoted several marine algae and their derived polymers throughout India. He has written more than 30 international publications in these areas and has been an active participant of more than 35 national and international conferences. So far he has successfully finished nine books in pharma and its allied sciences. His published books include Modern Applications of Plant Biotechnology in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Academic press, Elsevier, 2015; Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery: Fundamentals, Design, and Applications, Apple Academic Press 2016; Leishmaniasis: Biology, Control and New Approaches for Its Treatment, Apple Academic Press 2016; Natural polymer drug delivery systems: Nanoparticles, plants and algae, Springer, 2016, Natural polymer drug delivery systems: Nanoparticles, Mammals and microbes, Springer, 2016. Dr. Bhatia has graduated from Kurushetra University followed by M Pharm from Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune, India. He has received his PhD degree from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Systems for Drug Delivery

  • Book Subtitle: Safety, Animal, and Microbial Polysaccharides

  • Authors: Saurabh Bhatia

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41926-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-41925-1Published: 14 October 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82465-9Published: 27 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-41926-8Published: 06 October 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 197

  • Number of Illustrations: 47 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Polymer Sciences

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