Drug carriers / / edited by Luis Jesus Villarreal Gomez.

• TeilnehmendeR: Gomez Villarreal, Luis Jesus,
• Place / Publishing House: London : : IntechOpen,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (222 pages)

Conventional drug administration has several issues and challenges. Drugs may not be fully absorbed or targeted, some drugs produce undesirable secondary effects and cause organ damage, and others trigger inflammation and immune response. As such, drug carrier systems are being developed to help promote drug absorption, enhance targeting, and avoid or decrease negative symptoms. This book examines different drug carriers and drug carrier systems. Chapters address such topics as the use of polymers in drug carrier systems, thin films, metal-organic frameworks, graphene quantum dots, and nanotechnology and microfluidics for drug delivery.

Table of Contents

1. Novel Drug Carries: Properties and Applications -- 2. Selection and Role of Polymers for Designing of a Drug Carrier -- 3. Thin Films: A Promising Approach for Drug Delivery System -- 4. Drug Delivery Applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) -- 5. Advances in Graphene Platforms for Drug Delivery in Cancer and Its Biocompatibility -- 6. A Microfluidic Device as a Drug Carrier -- 7. Lipid Nanoparticulate Drug Delivery Systems: Approaches toward Improvement in Therapeutic Efficacy of Bioactive Molecules -- 8. Lipid and Polymeric Nanocapsules -- 9. Plant Gum Based Drug Carriers.