1st Edition

Drug Targeting Technology Physical Chemical Biological Methods

Edited By Hans Schreier Copyright 2001
312 Pages
by CRC Press

320 Pages
by CRC Press

Demonstrates how substitution of a variety of ligands can render albumin a versatile targeting tool for selective drug accumulation in various cell populations of the liver! This book discusses physical, chemical, and biological approaches to drug targeting technology, focusing on oral, dispersed system, topical, dermal, transdermal, and inhalation delivery, and the development of original... Read more
Physical Targeting Approaches

Enteric Targeting Through Enteric Coating
Bianca Brögmann and Thomas E. Beckert
New Experimental Coating Material for Colon-Specific Drug Delivery
Kurt H. Bauer
Pharmacokinetic Considerations in the Design of Pulmonary Drug Delivery Systems for Glucocorticoids
Cary Mobley and Günther Hochhaus
Lipid-Based Formulations for Oral Administration: Opportunities for Bioavailability Enhancement and Lipoprotein Targeting of Lipophilic Drugs
Christopher J. H. Porter and William N. Charman
Topical Application of Drugs: Mechanisms Involved in Chemical Enhancement
Joke A. Bouwstra, B. A. I. van den Bergh, and M. Suhonen

Chemical Targeting Approaches

Drug Targeting by Retrometabolic Design: Soft Drugs and Chemical Delivery Systems
Nicholas Bodor and Peter Buchwald
Neoglyco- and Neopeptide Albumins for Cell-Specific Delivery of Drugs to Chronically Diseased Livers
Leonie Beljaars, Barbro N. Melgert, Dirk K. F. Meijer, Grietje Molema, and Klaas Poelstra

Biological Targeting Approaches

Gene Delivery with Artificial Viral Envelopes
Frank L. Sorgi, Lucie Gagné, and Hans Schreier
Evolution of Viral Liposomes: Improvements and Applications
Yasufumi Kaneda, Yoshinaga Saeki, and Ryuichi Morishita
Targeting of Viral Vectors for Cancer Gene Therapy
Dirk M. Nettelbeck and Rolf Müller

Biography

Hans Schreier

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…gives the reader the possibility of being much informed.
"-IASI Polytechnic Magazine