Application of Gellan Gum as a Biomedical Polymer
- 1st Edition - May 21, 2024
- Latest edition
- Editors: Amit Kumar Nayak, Md Saquib Hasnain
- Language: English
Application of Gellan Gum as a Biomedical Polymer details key topics and fundamental aspects of gellan gum and its biomedical applications in drug delivery, proteins and peptid… Read more
Description
Description
Application of Gellan Gum as a Biomedical Polymer details key topics and fundamental aspects of gellan gum and its biomedical applications in drug delivery, proteins and peptides delivery, cell delivery, tissue engineering, wound dressings and enzyme immobilizations in developing high quality products. Sections introduce gellan gum, its source, production and gelation mechanism, discuss biomedical materials, and provides ways it can be used for biomedical applications. The book also examines the used of gellan gum as pharmaceutical excipients for drug delivery. Future developments and challenges round out the book’s coverage.
With contributions for an international group of experts, this book is a useful reference for scientists, researchers and those in industry engaged in biomedical product development using natural polysaccharides.
With contributions for an international group of experts, this book is a useful reference for scientists, researchers and those in industry engaged in biomedical product development using natural polysaccharides.
Key features
Key features
- Discusses gellan gum-based materials such as hydrogels and nanosystems in biomedical applications
- Describes gellan gum application in areas like tissue engineering, wound dressing, protein and peptide delivery, and as pharmaceutical excipients in drug delivery
- Offers chapter contributions on gellan gum and its application from an international group of experts in research and industry
Readership
Readership
Biotechnologists, pharmaceutical scientists, chemical engineers including industrial and analytical scientists, healthcare professionals and regulatory scientists actively involved in biomedical product development using natural polysaccharides, Postgraduate students, doctoral and postdoctoral research fellows engaged in research of biological macromolecules, especially natural polymers for biomedical applications
Table of contents
Table of contents
Introduction
1. Gellan gum: Source, production, and gelation mechanism
2. Impact of environmental conditions on the preparation and functionality of gellan gum
3. Sol-gel behaviour of gellan gum and its applications in biomedical industry
4. Biomedical properties of gellan gum
Biomedical materials
5. Gellan gum-based biomedical gels
6. Gellan gum-based hydrogels as useful biomedical material
7. Gellan gum-based biocomposites
8. Gellan gum-based nanocomposite hydrogel
9. Gellan gum-based nanosystems for biomedical applications
10. Cross-linked gellan gum for biomedical applications
11. Grafted-gellan gum for biomedical applications
Biomedical applications
12. Tissue engineering applications of gellan gum
13. Gellan gum-based wound dressings
14. Cell encapsulation and delivery using gellan gum
15. Protein and peptide delivery using gellan gum
16. Uses of gellan gum for nutrient delivery
17. Uses of gellan gum for growth factor delivery
Pharmaceutical excipients
18. Uses of gellan gum in pharmaceutical tablets
19. Gellan gum-based microparticles and beads for sustained drug delivery
20. Nanoformulations of gellan gum for improved drug delivery
21. Gellan gum-based in situ gels for drug delivery
22. Gellan gum-based nasal formulations
23. Gellan gum-based ocular formulations
24. Gellan gum-based dermatological formulations
25. Gellan gum-based gastroretentive systems
26. Ionically-gelled gellan gum-based systems for controlled therapeutic release
27. Gellan gum-based interpenetrating polymer networks for sustained release drug delivery
28. Gellan gum-based polyelectrolyte complexes for sustained release drug delivery
Other Topics
29. Future perspectives and challenges of plant polysaccharides as pharmaceutical excipients
1. Gellan gum: Source, production, and gelation mechanism
2. Impact of environmental conditions on the preparation and functionality of gellan gum
3. Sol-gel behaviour of gellan gum and its applications in biomedical industry
4. Biomedical properties of gellan gum
Biomedical materials
5. Gellan gum-based biomedical gels
6. Gellan gum-based hydrogels as useful biomedical material
7. Gellan gum-based biocomposites
8. Gellan gum-based nanocomposite hydrogel
9. Gellan gum-based nanosystems for biomedical applications
10. Cross-linked gellan gum for biomedical applications
11. Grafted-gellan gum for biomedical applications
Biomedical applications
12. Tissue engineering applications of gellan gum
13. Gellan gum-based wound dressings
14. Cell encapsulation and delivery using gellan gum
15. Protein and peptide delivery using gellan gum
16. Uses of gellan gum for nutrient delivery
17. Uses of gellan gum for growth factor delivery
Pharmaceutical excipients
18. Uses of gellan gum in pharmaceutical tablets
19. Gellan gum-based microparticles and beads for sustained drug delivery
20. Nanoformulations of gellan gum for improved drug delivery
21. Gellan gum-based in situ gels for drug delivery
22. Gellan gum-based nasal formulations
23. Gellan gum-based ocular formulations
24. Gellan gum-based dermatological formulations
25. Gellan gum-based gastroretentive systems
26. Ionically-gelled gellan gum-based systems for controlled therapeutic release
27. Gellan gum-based interpenetrating polymer networks for sustained release drug delivery
28. Gellan gum-based polyelectrolyte complexes for sustained release drug delivery
Other Topics
29. Future perspectives and challenges of plant polysaccharides as pharmaceutical excipients
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: May 21, 2024
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
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Amit Kumar Nayak
Amit Kumar Nayak (M. Pharm, Ph.D) is currently working as Professor at School of Pharmaceutical Sciences,Siksha ‘O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Odisha, India. He has earned his PhD from IFTM University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has over 14 years of research experiences in the field of pharmaceutics, especially in the development and characterization of novel biopolymeric and nanostructured drug delivery systems. Till date, he has authored more than 138 research and review publications in various high-impact peer-reviewed journals and 135 book chapters. He has edited/authored 23 international books to his credit. Dr. Nayak has presented his research work at several conferences. He has received University Foundation Day Research Award, 2019 and 2022 by Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Odisha. Dr. Nayak is a life member of the Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI) and a registered pharmacist.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, IndiaMH
Md Saquib Hasnain
Md Saquib Hasnain (Ph.D) is currently working as the Professor and Dean, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Health and Medical Sciences, Barasat, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He has over 13 years of research experience in the field of drug delivery and pharmaceutical formulation analyses, especially systematic development and characterization of diverse nanostructured drug delivery systems, controlled release drug delivery systems, bioenhanced drug delivery systems, nanomaterials and nanocomposites employing Quality by Design approaches and many more. Till date he has authored over 100 publications in various high impact peer-reviewed journals, more than 100 book chapters and 30 books to his credit. He is also serving as the reviewer of several prestigious journals. Overall, he has earned a highly impressive publishing and cited record. He has also participated and presented his research work at over ten conferences in India, and abroad. He was also a member of scientific societies i.e., Royal Society of Chemistry, Great Britain, International Association of Environmental and Analytical Chemistry, Switzerland and Swiss Chemical Society, Switzerland.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Health and Medical Sciences, Adamas University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.View book on ScienceDirect
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