Natural Biopolymers for Drug Delivery

Dr. Amit Kumar Nayak (MPharm, PhD) is working as a professor, at the Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Siksha ‘O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Odisha, India. He has earned his PhD from IFTM University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has over 14 years of research experiences in the field of pharmaceutics, especially in the development and characterization of novel biopolymeric and nanostructured drug delivery systems. Till date, he has authored more than 138 research and review publications in various high-impact peer-reviewed journals and 135 book chapters. He has edited/authored 23 international books to his credit. Dr. Nayak has presented his research work at several conferences. He has received University Foundation Day Research Award, 2019 and 2022 by Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Odisha. Dr. Nayak is a life member of the Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI) and a registered pharmacist. Prof. (Dr.) Md Saquib Hasnain has over 10 years of research experience in the field of drug delivery and pharmaceutical formulation analyses, especially systematic development and characterization of diverse nanostructured drug delivery systems, controlled release drug delivery systems, bioenhanced drug delivery systems, nanomaterials and nanocomposites employing Quality by Design approaches and many more. Till date he has authored over 70 publications in various high impact peer-reviewed journals, more than 100 book chapters and 16 books to his credit. He is also serving as the reviewer of several prestigious journals. Overall, he has earned a highly impressive publishing and cited record in Google Scholar (h-index: 32). He has also participated and presented his research work at over ten conferences in India, and abroad. He was also a member of scientific societies i.e., Royal Society of Chemistry, Great Britain, International Association of Environmental and Analytical Chemistry, Switzerland and Swiss Chemical Society, Switzerland. Tejraj M. Aminabhavi is the Director of Research at the School of Advanced Sciences, KLE Technological University, Hubballi, India. He works in the area of membrane transport processes, molecular modeling of polymer surfaces, wastewater treatment technologies, drug delivery polymers and sustainable environmental engineering.

1. Introduction to natural biopolymers
2. Gum Arabic in drug delivery
3. Gum tragacanth in drug delivery
4. Pectin in drug delivery
5. Cellulose in drug delivery
6. Starches in drug delivery
7. Guar gum in drug delivery
8. Locust bean gum in drug delivery
9. Okra gum in drug delivery
10. Cashew gum in drug delivery
11. Sterculia gum in drug delivery
12. Plant-derived mucilages as natural biopolymers and their uses in drug delivery
13. Alginates in drug delivery
14. Agar agar in drug delivery
15. Chitin and chitosan in drug delivery
16. Gellan gum in drug delivery
17. Xanthan gum in drug delivery
18. Dextran in drug delivery
19. Pullulan in drug delivery
20. Hyaluronic acid in drug delivery
21. Carrageenan in drug delivery
22. Chondroitin sulphate in drug delivery
23. Gelatin in drug delivery
24. Albumin in drug delivery
25. Collagen in drug delivery
26. Keratin in drug delivery
27. Zein in drug delivery
28. Casein in drug delivery
29. Natural lipids and waxes in drug delivery
30. Natural resins in drug delivery
31. Biocompatibility of natural biopolymers for drug delivery
32. Regulatory considerations of natural biopolymers for drug delivery
33. Challenges and future perspectives of natural biopolymers in drug delivery