| Description |
1 online resource (xxix, 724 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1. Introduction. Nanocarriers for drug delivery: needs and requirements / Vladimir Torchilin -- 2. Nanoparticle flow: implications for drug delivery / Alexander T. Florence -- 3. Polymeric nanoparticles as drug carriers and controlled release implant devices / SM Moghimi [and others] -- 4. Genetic vaccines: a role for liposomes / Gregory Gregoriadis [and others] -- 5. Polymer micelles as drug carriers / Elena V. Batrakova ... [et a.] -- 6. Vesicles prepared from synthetic amphiphiles -- polymeric vesicles and niosomes / Ijeoma Florence Uchegbu and Andreas G. Schatzlein -- 7. Recent advances in microemulsions as drug delivery vehicles / M Jayne Lawrence and Warankanga Warisnoicharoen -- 8. Lipoproteins as pharmaceutical carriers / Suwen Liu, Shining Wang and D. Robert Lu -- 9. Solid lipid nanoparticles as drug carriers / Karsten Mäder -- 10. Lipidic core nanocapsules as new drug delivery systems / Patrick Saulnier and Jean-Pierre Benoît -- 11. Lipid-coated submicron-sized particles as drug carriers / Evan C. Unger [and others] -- 12. Nanocapsules: preparation, characterization and therapeutic applications / Ruxandra Gref and Patrick Couvreur -- 13. Dendrimers as nanoparticulate drug carriers / ̋Sonke Svenson and Donald A. Tomalia -- 14. Drug nanocrystals/nanosuspensions for the delivery of poorly soluble drugs / Rainer H. Müller and Jens-Uwe A.H. Junghanns -- 15. Cells and cell ghosts as drug carriers / José M. Lanao and M. Luisa Sayalero -- 16. Cochleates as nanoparticular drug carriers / Leila Zarif -- 17. Aerosols as drug carriers / N. Renée Labiris, Andrew P. Bosco and Myrna B. Dolovich -- 18. Magnetic nanoparticles as drug carriers / Urs O. Häfeli and Mathieu Chastellain -- 19. DQAsomes as mitochondria-specific drug and DNA carriers / Volkmar Weissig -- 20. Liposomal drug carriers in cancer therapy / Alberto A. Gabizon -- 21. Nanoparticulate drug delivery to the reticuloendothelial system and to associated disorders / Mukul Kumar Basu and Sanchaita Lala -- 22. Delivery of nanoparticles to the cardiovascular system / Ban-An Khaw -- 23. Nanocarriers for the vascular delivery of drugs to the lungs / Thomas Dziubla and Vladimir Muzykantov -- 24. Nanoparticulate carriers for drug delivery to the brain / Jörg Kreuter -- 25. Nanoparticles for targeting lymphatics / William Phillips -- 26. Polymeric nanoparticles for delivery in the gastro-intestinal tract / Mayank D. Bhavsar, Dinesh B. Shenoy and Mansoor M. Amiji -- 27. Nanoparticular carriers for ocular drug delivery / Alejandro Sanchez and Maria J. Alonso -- 28. Nanoparticles and microparticles as vaccine adjuvants / Janet R. Wendorf, Manmohan Singh and Derek T. O'Hagan -- 29. Pharmaceutical nanocarriers in treatment and imaging of infection / Raymond M. Schiffelers, Gert Storm and Irma A.J.M. Bakker-Woudenberg |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Nanoparticles.
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Nanostructured materials.
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Biomedical materials.
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Drug carriers (Pharmacy)
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Drug Carriers
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Nanoparticles -- therapeutic use
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Drug Delivery Systems
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Nanoparticles
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Nanostructures
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MEDICAL -- Pharmacology.
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Drug carriers (Pharmacy)
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Biomedical materials
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Nanoparticles
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Nanostructured materials
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Torchilin, V. P.
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| LC no. |
2007367316 |
| ISBN |
186094907X |
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9781860949074 |
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1281867446 |
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9781281867445 |
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9786611867447 |
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6611867449 |
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