Lipid nanocarriers for drug targeting /

Lipid Nanocarriers for Drug Targeting presents recent advances in the area of lipid nanocarriers. The book focuses on cationic lipid nanocarriers, solid lipid nanocarriers, liposomes, thermosensitive vesicles, and cubosomes, with applications in phototherapy, cosmetic and others. As the first book r...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Group Author: Grumezescu, Alexandru Mihai
Published: William Andrew,
Publisher Address: Oxford :
Publication Dates: 2018.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128136874
Summary: Lipid Nanocarriers for Drug Targeting presents recent advances in the area of lipid nanocarriers. The book focuses on cationic lipid nanocarriers, solid lipid nanocarriers, liposomes, thermosensitive vesicles, and cubosomes, with applications in phototherapy, cosmetic and others. As the first book related to lipid nanocarriers and their direct implication in pharmaceutical nanotechnology, this important reference resource is ideal for biomaterials scientists and those working in the medical and pharmaceutical industries that want to learn more on how lipids can be used to create more effective drug delivery systems.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xxvii, 646 pages)
ISBN: 9780128136881
012813688X
Index Number: RM301
CLC: R96
Contents: 1. Lipid nanocarriers -- 2. Lipid nanoparticulate systems: modern versatile drug carriers -- 3. Nanotechnology in phytotherapy: current challenges of lipid-based nanocarriers for the delivery of natural products -- 4. Innovative vesicles for dermal and transdermal drug delivery -- 5. Engineering of bacterial outer membrane vesicles: potential applications for the development of vaccines -- 6. Plasmid-DNA lipid nanovaccines: an innovative approach for a better world health -- 7. Ocular delivery of solid lipid nanoparticles -- 8. Lipid-based nanoparticles for cancer treatment -- 9. Developing liposomal nanomedicines for treatment of patients with neuroblastoma -- 10. Lipid nanoparticles for tropical and transdermal delivery of pharmaceuticals and cosmeceuticals: a glorious victory -- 11. Cosmetic lipid nanocarriers -- 12. Self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery systems (SNEDDS) and self-microemulsifying drug delivery systems (SMEDDS) as lipid nanocarriers for improving dissolution rate and bioavailability of poorly soluble drugs -- 13. Lipid-based nanomedicines: current clinical status and future perspectives -- 14. Structure and kinetics of synthetic, lipid-based nucleic acid carriers: lipoplexes -- 15. In vitro and in vivo characterization of pharmaceutical topical nanocarriers containing anticancer drugs for skin cancer treatment -- Index.