Drug Delivery Applications of Starch Biopolymer Derivatives

• Main Authors: Chen, Jin (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Chen, Ling (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Xie, Fengwei (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Li, Xiaoxi (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Polymers .; Carbohydrates.; Biomaterials.; Biomedical engineering.; Polymer Sciences.; Carbohydrate Chemistry.; Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology.

This book summarizes the recent advances in applications of starch in state-of-the-art drug carriers (hydrogel, micro- and nano-particulate carriers) with stimulus-responsive and target-specific properties. It also highlights the role of starch and its derivatives in transmucosal administration to i...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Physiological and pathological bases for designing high-performance drug delivery carriers
• Material nature and physicochemical properties for high-performance of carriers
• Starch
• Starch-based DDSs with stimulus-responsiveness
• Starch-based DDSs with physiological interactions
• Toxicology of starch-based DDSs
• Conclusion and future perspectives.