1st Edition
Nanotechnology and Drug Delivery Principles and Applications
This book presents an overview of the rapidly developing field of nanotechnology applications in drug delivery systems and covers a variety of technologies and materials that help in achieving vast variation in the particle size needed in technology and drug delivery-based research. It discusses nanotechnology’s use in healthcare for the development of target-specific drug therapy and smart field systems and in the pharmaceutical industry to improve the quality, efficacy, and shelf life of medicines. Bringing together principles, theory, practice, and applications of nanotechnology, the book is a useful resource for chemists, physicists, biomedical researchers, engineers, advanced undergraduate and graduate-level students in nanotechnology, researchers in pharmaceutical sciences, chemistry, biology, biotechnology engineering, and general readers in nanotechnology.
1. Basics of Nanotechnology and Drug Delivery Systems
2. Regulatory Barriers to the Marketing Authorization of Nanodrug Delivery System
3. Nanodrug Delivery System for Brain Targeting
4. Reconnoitring the Beneficial Role of Nanodrug Delivery System in Treating Cardiovascular Disorders
5. Smart Targeted Novel Nanocarriers-Based Treatment of Arthritis
6. Novel Drug Delivery Systems for Ocular Target
7. Nanotechnology-Based Drug Delivery Systems for the Treatment of Pulmonary Diseases
8. The Potential of Nanotechnology in Transdermal Drug Delivery Systems
9. Novel Drug Delivery Systems for Infection Treatment
10. Novel Drug Delivery System Approach in Cancer Treatment
11. Nano-Drug Delivery Systems in the Treatment of Wound Healing
12. Nanodrug Delivery Systems for cosmetics
13. Novel Drug Delivery System for Rectal and Vaginal Targets
14. Nanoneutraceuticals and Their Applications
Biography
Rakesh K. Sindhu is professor and head of department at the School of Pharmacy, Sharda University, Greater Noida, India. He is involved in research on nanoformulation development and evaluation, standardization of herbal products, phytochemical screening, and pharmacological evaluation of herbal drugs/products. He has filed 25 patents and 6 patents have been granted. Dr Sindhu has published 8 books, 25 book chapters, and more than 100 papers in reputed journals and also presented papers at 15 international and 30 national conferences. He is actively involved in reviewing research papers of well-reputed journals and has served as an editorial board member for national and international journals during 16 years of experience in academics and research.
