Main description:

Nanoparticles in Pharmacotherapy explores the most recent findings on how nanoparticles are used in pharmacotherapy, starting with their synthesis, characterization and current or potential uses. This book is a valuable resource of recent scientific progress that includes the most cutting-edge applications of nanoparticles in pharmacotherapy. It is ideal for researchers, medical doctors and those in academia.

Contents:

1. Physicochemical characterisation of PAMAM dendrimer as a multifunctional nanocarrier
2. The evolution of dendrimers to composite dendrimers: A review of the state of the art
3. Polymeric micelles in biomedical science
4. Biophysicochemical studies of self-assembled neutral lipoplexes compacted as metal-based nucleic acid nanopharmaceuticals: from supramolecular structures to interactions with cellular membranes
5. Solid lipid nanoparticles for the delivery of drug molecules
6. Solid Lipid Nanopartricles and Nanostructured Lipid Carriers as Sophisticated Drug Carrier Systems
7. Lipid nanocarriers as skin drug delivery systems
8. Tissue engineering applications of nanobiomaterials
9. Antimicrobial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles
10. Polymer Based Silver and Magnesium ions co-doped Calcium Phosphate Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Applications
11. Current Trends in Site and Target Specific Delivery of Nanomedicine for Gene Therapy
12. Functionalized Graphene-based Nanomaterials for Drug Delivery and Biomedical Applications in Cancer Chemotherapy
13. Stimuli sensitive systems for camptothecin delivery
14. Pharmaceutical nanotechnology in the treatment of Acanthamoeba infections
15. Nanoparticles for cosmetic use
16. Skin wound regeneration using nanostructures
17. Fullerens used in pharmacotherapy