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T and F India Bioadhesive Drug Delivery Systems: Fundamentals, Novel Approaches, And Development (Drugs And The Pharmaceutical Sciences, Volume 98) by Mathiowitz Edith Et Al
This invaluable reference presents a comprehensive review of the basic methods for characterizing bioadhesive materials and improving vehicle targeting and uptake-offering possibilities for reformulating existing compounds to create new pharmaceuticals at lower development costs. Evaluates the unique carrier characteristics of bioadhesive polymers and their power to enhance localization of delivered agents, local bioavailability, and drug absorption and transport! Written by over 50 international experts and reflecting broad knowledge of both traditional bioadhesive strategies and novel clinical applications. Amply referenced with over 1400 bibliographic citations, and illustrated with more than 300 drawings, photographs, tables, and display equations, Bioadhesive Drug Delivery Systems serves as a sound basis for innovation in bioadhesive systems and an excellent introduction to the subject. This unique reference is ideal for pharmaceutical scientists and technologists; chemical, polymer, and plastics engineers; biochemists; physical, surface, and colloid chemists; biologists; and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.
Key Features:-
- discusses mechanical and chemical bonding, polymer-mucus interactions, the effect of surface energy
- analyzes biochemical properties of mucus and glycoproteins, cell adhesion molecules, and cellular in
- covers microbalances and magnetic force transducers, atomic force microscopy, direct measurements of
- examines bioadhesive carriers, diffusion or penetration enhancers, and lectin-targeted vehicles
- describes vaginal, nasal, buccal, ocular, and transdermal drug delivery
- explores issues of product development, clinical testing, and production