Tailor-Made Polysaccharides in Drug Delivery

Tailor-Made Polysaccharides in Drug Delivery provides extensive details  on all the vital precepts, basics and fundamental aspects of tailored  polysaccharides in the pharmaceutical and biotechnological industry for  understanding and developing high quality products. The book offers a  comprehensive resource to understand the potential of the materials in  forming new drug delivery methods. It will be useful to pharmaceutical  scientists, chemical engineers, and regulatory scientists and students  actively involved in pharmaceutical product and process development of  tailored-made polysaccharides in drug delivery applications.

The  utilization of natural polymeric excipients in numerous healthcare  applications demand the replacement of the synthetic polymers with the  natural ones due to their biocompatibility, biodegradability, economic  extraction and readily availability. The reality behind the rise in  importance of these natural materials is that these sources are  renewable if grown in a sustainable means and they can tender incessant  supply of raw materials. Amongst these natural polymers, polysaccharides  are considered as excellent excipients because of its non-toxic,  stable, biodegradable properties. Several research innovations have been  made on applications of polysaccharides in drug delivery.