Drug Delivery Approaches and Nanosystems, Two-Volume Set

Raj K. Keservani, MPharm, is a faculty of pharmaceutics at Sagar Institute of Research and Technology-Pharmacy, Bhopal, India. He has more than seven years of academic (teaching) experience from various institutes of India in pharmaceutical education. He has published 30 peer-reviewed papers in the field of pharmaceutical sciences in national and international journals, fifteen book chapters, two co-authored books, and two edited books. He is also active as a reviewer for several international scientific journals. Mr. Keservani graduated with a pharmacy degree from the Department of Pharmacy, Kumaun University, Nainital (UA), India. He received his Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) (specialization in pharmaceutics) from the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal, India. His research interests include nutraceutical and functional foods, novel drug delivery systems (NDDS), transdermal drug delivery/ drug delivery, health science, cancer biology, and neurobiology. Anil K. Sharma, MPharm, is working as a lecturer at the Delhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, University of Delhi, India. He has more than six years of academic experience in pharmaceutical sciences. He has published 26 peer-reviewed papers in the field of pharmaceutical sciences in national and international journals as well as 12 book chapters. He received a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India, and a Master of Pharmacy degree from the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal, India, with a specialization in pharmaceutics. His research interests encompass nutraceutical and functional foods, novel drug delivery systems (NDDS), drug delivery, nanotechnology, health science/life science, and biology/cancer biology/neurobiology. Rajesh K. Kesharwani, PhD, has more than seven years of research and two years of teaching experience in various institutes of India, imparting bioinformatics and biotechnology education. He has received several awards, including the NASI-Swarna Jayanti Puruskar-2013 by The National Academy of Sciences of India. He has authored over 32 peer-reviewed articles and ten book chapters. He has been a member of many scientific communities as well as a reviewer for many international journals. Dr. Kesharwani received a BSc in biology from Ewing Christian College, Allahabad, India, an autonomous college of the University of Allahabad; his MSc (Biochemistry) from Awadesh Pratap Singh University, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, India; and MTech-IT (specialization in Bioinformatics) from the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, India. He earned his PhD from the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, and received a Ministry of Human Resource Development (India) Fellowship and Senior Research Fellowship from the Indian Council of Medical Research, India. His research fields of interest are medical informatics, protein structure and function prediction, computer-aided drug designing, structural biology, drug delivery, cancer biology, and next-generation sequence analysis.

Volume 1: Introduction to Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery. Nanoparticles: General Aspects and Applications. Nanotechnology in Medicine: Drug Delivery Systems. Polymeric Matrix Systems for Drug Delivery. Applications of Nanobiomaterials in Drug Delivery. Carbon Nanotubes Used as Nanocarriers in Drug and Biomolecule Delivery. Dendrimers: A Glimpse of History, Current Progress and Applications. Nanofibers: Production Techniques and Applications. Drug and Food Applications of Liposomes and Nanoparticles: from Benchmark to Bedside?. Nanotechnology for Cosmetic Herbal Actives: Is It a New Beauty Regime?. Antimicrobial Activity of Nanotechnological Products. Drug Targeting: Principles and Applications. Volume 2: Drug Targeting: General Aspects and Relevance to Nanotechnology. Nano-Oncotargets and Innovative Therapies. Dendrimer Conjugates as Novel DNA and SiRNA Carriers. Precise Preparation of Functional Polysaccharide Nanoparticles by Enzymatic Approach. Polysaccharide-Drug Nanoconjugates as Targeted Delivery Vehicles. Glycan-Based Nanocarries in Drug Delivery. Physiological and Clinical Considerations of Drug Delivery Systems Containing Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene. Nanofibers: General Aspects and Applications. Nanocomposite Microparticles (nCmP) for Pulmonary Drug Delivery Applications. Solid Lipid Nanoparticles for Topical Drug Delivery. Hydrophobized Polymers for Encapsulation of Amphotericin B in Nanoparticles.