Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Polymers and Nanocomposites for Biomedical Applications
Anujit Ghosal, Abhijeet Mishra and Shivani Tiwari (Department of Chemistry, School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Galgotias University, Greater Noida, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, and others)
Chapter 2. Conducting Polymers and their Biomedical Applications
Neha Kanwar (Materials Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia – A Central University, New Delhi, India)
Chapter 3. Renewable Resource based Polyurethanes and their Biomedical Applications
Shabnam Khan, Laxmi, Fahmina Zafar and Nahid Nishat (Inorganic Materials Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, – A Central University, New Delhi, India)
Chapter 4. Synthesis and Applications of Biopolymeric Nanoparticles
Abhijeet Mishra and Anujit Ghosal (School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, and others)
Chapter 5. Biopolymeric Nanoparticles as Drug Carriers for Intravenous Administrations
Merari Tumin Chevalier, Monica Cristina GarcĂa and Vera Alejandra Alvarez (Composite Materials Group (CoMP) – Research Institute of Material Science and Technology (INTEMA-CONICET), National University of Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina, and others)
Chapter 6. Poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) Nanoparticles: Current Advances in Tumor and Metastasis Targeted Therapies
Merari Tumin Chevalier, Sergio Martin-Saldaña and Vera Alejandra Alvarez (Composite Materials Group (CoMP) – Research Institute of Material Science and Technology (INTEMA-CONICET), National University of Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina, and others)
Chapter 7. Polymeric Nanocomposite Hydrogels as Emerging Biomaterials
Arti Vashist, Rabia Kouser, Ajeet Kaushik, Atul Vashist, Rahul Dev Jayant, Sharif Ahmad, Y. K. Gupta, and Madhavan Nair (Center for Personalized Nanomedicine, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Department of Immunology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA, and others)
Chapter 8. Biopolymer Nanocomposite as Biosensors
Obaid ur Rahman (Department of Chemistry, School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Galgotias University, Greater Noida, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India; Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Marine Materials and Protective Technologies, Surface Department, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, P. R. China)
Chapter 9. Antifungal Effects and Future Perspectives of Curcuma longa (Turmeric) Rhizomes: A Natural Source for Developing a Novel Class of Antifungals
Vaseem Raja, Sheikh Shreaz, W. A. Wani, L. T. Hun and W. A. Siddiqui (Department of Applied Sciences & Humanities, Jamia Millia Islamia – A Central University, New Delhi, India; Oral Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Bioclinical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Health Sciences Center, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait, and others)
About the Editors
Index
Additional Information
The book would be useful for students, scholars, and scientists, interested particularly in the synthesis and biomedical and pharmaceutical applications of biopolymers and their nanocomposites.
