Publisher's Synopsis
This book covers important discussions on Liposomes, Niosomes, Micro Particulate Systems, Nano Particulate Systems and other colloidal systems like micelle, microemulsion, multiple emulsions, dendrimers etc. The subdivisions of the major topics will cover issues like theoretical principles of design, methods of preparation, characterization Pharmacokinetics and in-vivo tailoring of all these systems. A detailed account of the therapeutic applications forms a major part of these chapters. In addition, the readers will also be enlightened with commercial aspects of these delivery systems like scale-up, stability patents and product details in the market. The chapters dealt here are of interest for graduate and postgraduate students as their curricular text and as a reference material. The practical problems in scale up and regulatory issues of delivery systems, discussed in most of the chapters are of value for corporate research and development and quality assurance scientists also.
