Nanoparticles in Pharmacotherapy

Presents an up-to-date overview on how nanoparticles are being used to design more effective pharmaceutical products

Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu (Edited by)

9780128165041

Paperback, published 10 April 2019

632 pages
23.4 x 19 x 3.9 cm, 1.44 kg

Nanoparticles in Pharmacotherapy explores the most recent findings on how nanoparticles are used in pharmacotherapy, starting with their synthesis, characterization and current or potential uses. This book is a valuable resource of recent scientific progress that includes the most cutting-edge applications of nanoparticles in pharmacotherapy. It is ideal for researchers, medical doctors and those in academia.

1. Physicochemical characterisation of PAMAM dendrimer as a multifunctional nanocarrier2. The evolution of dendrimers to composite dendrimers: A review of the state of the art3. Polymeric micelles in biomedical science 4. Biophysicochemical studies of self-assembled neutral lipoplexes compacted as metal-based nucleic acid nanopharmaceuticals: from supramolecular structures to interactions with cellular membranes5. Solid lipid nanoparticles for the delivery of drug molecules6. Solid Lipid Nanopartricles and Nanostructured Lipid Carriers as Sophisticated Drug Carrier Systems7. Lipid nanocarriers as skin drug delivery systems8. Tissue engineering applications of nanobiomaterials9. Antimicrobial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles10. Polymer Based Silver and Magnesium ions co-doped Calcium Phosphate Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Applications11. Current Trends in Site and Target Specific Delivery of Nanomedicine for Gene Therapy12. Functionalized Graphene-based Nanomaterials for Drug Delivery and Biomedical Applications in Cancer Chemotherapy13. Stimuli sensitive systems for camptothecin delivery14. Pharmaceutical nanotechnology in the treatment of Acanthamoeba infections15. Nanoparticles for cosmetic use16. Skin wound regeneration using nanostructures17. Fullerens used in pharmacotherapy

Subject Areas: Electronics & communications engineering [TJ], Pharmacology [MMG]