1st Edition

Bioadhesive Drug Delivery Systems Fundamentals, Novel Approaches, and Development

696 Pages
by CRC Press

696 Pages
by CRC Press

This invaluable reference presents a comprehensive review of the basic methods for characterizing bioadhesive materials and improving vehicle targeting and uptake-offering possibilities for reformulating existing compounds to create new pharmaceuticals at lower development costs. Evaluates the unique carrier characteristics of bioadhesive polymers and their power to enhance localization of... Read more
Fundamentals of Bioadhesion
Definitions, Mechanisms, and Theories of Bioadhesion
Donald E. Chickering III and Edith Mathiowitz
The Role of Water Movement and Polymer Hydration in Mucoadhesion
John D. Smart
A Rheological Approach to Explain the Mucoadhesive Behavior of Polymer Hydrogels
Carla Marcella Caramella, Silvia Rossi, and Maria Cristina Bonferoni
Functional Histology of Epithelia Relevant for Drug Delivery: Respiratory Tract, Digestive Tract, Eye, Skin, and Vagina
Udo Schumacher and Dietlind Schumacher
Biochemical and Functional Aspects of Mucus and Mucin-Type Glycoproteins
Barry James Campbell
Methods of Evaluating Bioadhesive Interactions
Adaptation of a Microbalance to Measure Bioadhesive Properties of Microspheres
Donald E. Chickering III, Camilla A. Santos, and Edith Mathiowitz
Novel Magnetic Technique to Measure Bioadhesion
Benjamin A. Hertzog and Edith Mathiowitz
Principles of Skin Adhesion and Methods for Measuring Adhesion of Transdermal Systems
Michael Horstmann, Walter Müller, and Bodo Asmussen
Force Microscopy of Cells to Measure Bioadhesion
E. zur Mühlen, P. Koschinski, S. Gehring, Robert Ros, Louis Tiefenhauer, Eleonore Haltner, Claus-Michael Lehr, Uwe Hartmann, Falk Schwesinger, and A. Plückthun
Direct Measurement of Molecular-Level Forces and Adhesion in Biological Systems
James Schneider and Matthew Tirrell
A Centrifugation Method for Measurement of Two-Dimensional Binding Characteristics of Receptor-Ligand Interaction
Cheng Zhu, James W. Piper, and Robert A. Swerlick
Novel Concepts and Strategies for Bioadhesive Drug Delivery Systems
Multifunctional Polymers for the Peroral Delivery of Peptide Drugs
Henrik L. Luessen, J. Coos Verhoef, A. (Bert) G. de Boer, H. E. Junginger, Bas J. de Leeuw, Gerrit Borchard, and Claus-Michael Lehr
Chitosan and Chitosan Derivatives as Absorption Enhancers for Peptide Drugs Across Mucosal Epithelia
A. F. Kotzé, Henrik L. Luessen,

Biography

Edith Mathiowitz, Donald E. Chickerin III, Claus-Michael Lehr