About the Book:

This book contains selective chapters from eminent experts working in the interdisciplinary arena of material science and its use in drug delivery. From their recent research experience, the readers can achieve a wide vision on the new and ongoing potentialities of polysaccharides and its application in the field of advanced drug delivery. This book contains selective polymers that were recently explored in the field of drug delivery such as starch, konjac, chitosan, alginate and other natural polymers originated from sea, despite this it also has one chapter exclusively on nanotechnology that explains multifaceted application of natural polymer in the field of advanced drug delivery.

            We hope that this concise book would become a powerful reference tool for researchers those working in the field of polymer science, material science and drug delivery technologies all around the world.

Contents:

1. Polysaccharide Carriers for Induction and Evaluation of Tissue Regeneration and Drug Delivery 2. Starch based Polymers for Drug Delivery Applications 3. Seaweed Polysaccharides in Advanced Drug Delivery Application to Carragennans 4. Konjac Polysaccharide for Drug Delivery 5. Chitosan and Modified Chitosans for Drug Delivery Application 6. Alginate, Its Chemistry and Applications in Advanced Drug Delivery 7. Polysaccharides used for Microencapsulation Processes 8. Polysaccharides used in Nanoparticle based Drug Delivery Formulations

About the Editors:

Akhilesh Vikram Singh, Ph.D. from Department of Pharmaceutical Science, Dibrugarh University, Assam (India). He also worked as post-doctoral researcher at Department of Materials Engineering, Indian institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore (India) under prestigious Dr. D.S. Kothari post-doctoral fellowship scheme of Gov. of India. He is the member of many scientific associations, editorial board member of different journals and also acts as a reviewer of high impact factor scientific journals of different research areas such as: drug delivery systems, nanotechnology, health science and material science. Dr. Singh is the author of many scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters and poster communications. Focus of his current research activity is drug delivery, cancer research, biomaterial science and advanced drug delivery system (liposomes, nanoparticles etc.).

Bang-Jing Li, Ph.D. from Chengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Dr. Li is a full professor at Natural Products Centre Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu (China).He is the member of many scientific associations and also acts as a reviewer of scientific journals and research committee under different research areas. Dr. Li is the author of many scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters and poster communications. Focus of his current research activity is natural polymer, polymer self-assembly and biomaterials.