Green sustainable process for chemical and environmental engineering and science. Recent advances in nanocarriers /

Green Sustainable Process for Chemical and Environmental Engineering and Science: Recent Advances in Nanocarriers covers nanocarrier synthesis techniques, as well as methods for encapsulating bioactive compounds. It explores the tests carried out to evaluate their pharmacological properties, in addi...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors:	Inamuddin, 1980- (Editor), Neves Cruz, Jorddy (Editor), Altalhi, Tariq (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2023.
Subjects:	Drug carriers (Pharmacy) Bioactive compounds > Health aspects. Nanotechnology > Health aspects. Nanomedicine. Nanoparticle Drug Delivery System Nanomedicine Nanostructures Vecteurs de médicaments. Nanomédecine. Química verda. Compostos bioactius. Vectors de medicaments. Nanotecnologia. Electronic books. Llibres electrònics.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

I. General aspects
1. Importance of nanomedicine in human health
2. Possibilities and challenges for the clinical application of nanoparticles in the treatment of diseases
3. Pre-clinical and Clinical Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of nanocarriers
II. Synthesis and functionalization of nanocarriers
4. Main techniques and methods used for the production of nanocarriers
5. Nanocarrier designs from carbon nanotubes
6. Methods for functionalization of nanocarriers
III. Drug delivery and diagnostics using nanoparticles
7. Methods for nanoencapsulation
8. Recent advances in understanding the release of drugs in nano-formulations
9. Lipid nanocarriers for the delivery of drugs to the nervous system
10. Nanoformulations for topical drugs
11. Transport of drugs using liposomes
12. Gold nanoparticles for drug delivery.
13. Overview on the use of nanostructures in diagnostic imaging
14. Quantum dot in diagnostic imaging
15. Nanostructures used in cancer imaging
IV. Nanomedicine for the treatment of diseases
16. Trends topics in nanovaccines
17. Advances in the use of nanocarriers for the treatment of neglected diseases
18. Nanocarriers for the treatment of infectious diseases
19. Biomedical applications of magnetic nanocarriers
20. Lipid nanoparticles: Pharmacological applications for the treatment of cancer
21. Nanocarriers for the treatment of inflammatory diseases
22. Selective treatment of tumors using nanocarriers.