Bioadhesive drug delivery systems : fundamentals, novel approaches, and development /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Mathiowitz, Edith, 1952-, Chickering, Donald E., Lehr, Claus-Michael, 1961-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Marcel Dekker, [1999]
Series:Drugs and the pharmaceutical sciences ; v. 98.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • I. Fundamentals of bioadhesion
  • Definitions, mechanisms, and theories of bioadhesion
  • The role of water movement and polymer hydration in mucoadhesion
  • A rheological approach to explain the mucoadhesive behavior of polymer hydrogels
  • Functional histology of epithelia relevant for drug delivery: respiratory tract, digestive tract, eye, skin, and vagina
  • Biochemical and functional aspects of mucus and mucin-type glycoproteins
  • II. Methods of evaluating bioadhesive interactions
  • Adaptation of a microbalance to measure bioadhesive properties of microspheres
  • Novel magnetic technique to measure bioadhesion
  • Principles of skin adhesion and methods for measuring adhesion of transdermal systems
  • Force microscopy of cells to measure bioadhesion
  • Direct measurement of molecular-level forces and adhesion in biological systems
  • A centrifugation method for measurement of two-dimensional binding characteristics of receptor-ligand interaction
  • III. Novel concepts and strategies for bioadhesive drug delivery systems
  • Multifunctional polymers for the peroral delivery of peptide drugs
  • Chitosan and chitosan derivatives as absorption enhancers for peptide drugs across mucosal epithelia
  • Plant lectins for oral drug delivery to different parts of the gastrointestinal tract
  • Bacterial invasion factors and lectins as second-generation bioadhesives
  • Novel PEG-containing acrylate copolymers with improved mucoadhesive properties
  • Bioadhesive, bioerodible polymers for increased intestinal update
  • IV. Development issues of bioadhesive drug delivery systems: products and clinical trials
  • Novel formulation approaches to oral mucoadhesive drug delivery systems
  • Bioadhesive formulations for nasal peptide delivery
  • Development of bioadhesive buccal patches
  • Vaginal delivery of calcitonin by hyaluronic acid formulations
  • Ocular bioadhesive drug delivery systems
  • Bioadhesive preparations as topical dosage forms.