Nanocarriers Based Colon Targeting

Lalit Kumar, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics, at Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India. His area of research includes the development of nanocarriers for drug-targeting tumor cells in the colon, brain, breast, and lung. Yashwant Pathak, is Professor and Associate Dean for the Faculty Affairs at the College of Pharmacy, at the University of South Florida. Tampa, USA. His area of research is in health care education, nanotechnology, drug delivery systems and nutraceuticals.

1. An overview on colonic diseases
2. Colonic disease – targeting strategies
3. Nanocarriers for the colonic diseases
4. Applications of nanocarriers in colon targeting
5. Polymeric nanoparticles in colon targeting
6. Polymersomes in colon targeting
7. Polymeric micelles in colon targeting
8. Solid lipid nanoparticles in colon targeting
9. Nanostructured lipid carriers in colon targeting
10. Liposomes in colon targeting
11. Carbon-based nanomaterials in colon targeting
12. Gold nanoparticles in colon targeting
13. Supramagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for colon targeting
14. Magnetic triblock copolymer nanoparticles in colon targeting
15. Dendrimer nanoparticles for colon targeting
16. Mesoporous silica nanoparticles in colon targeting
17. Redox nanoparticles in colon drug targeting
18. Protein and peptides-based nanoparticles in colon targeting
19. Hybrid nanoparticles in colon targeting
20. Polysaccharides Based nanocarriers in colon targeting
21. Nanocrystals based approach in colon targeting
22. Nano-based enema’s for colon targeting
23. Exosomes in colon targeting
24. Pre-clinical and clinical status of different nanocarriers for colon targeting
25. Regulatory issues and toxicological concerns related to nanocarriers