Application of Gellan Gum as a Biomedical Polymer

Amit Kumar Nayak, Md Saquib Hasnain, Amit Kumar Nayak, Md Saquib Hasnain

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN:
  9780323918152
• eBook ISBN:
  9780323972437
• Topic: Tecnologia e ingegneria
• Subtopic: Biotecnologia in medicina

Application of Gellan Gum as a Biomedical Polymer details key topics and fundamental aspects of gellan gum and its biomedical applications in drug delivery, proteins and peptides delivery, cell delivery, tissue engineering, wound dressings and enzyme immobilizations in developing high quality products. Sections introduce gellan gum, its source, production and gelation mechanism, discuss biomedical materials, and provides ways it can be used for biomedical applications. The book also examines the used of gellan gum as pharmaceutical excipients for drug delivery. Future developments and challenges round out the book's coverage.With contributions for an international group of experts, this book is a useful reference for scientists, researchers and those in industry engaged in biomedical product development using natural polysaccharides. - Discusses gellan gum-based materials such as hydrogels and nanosystems in biomedical applications - Describes gellan gum application in areas like tissue engineering, wound dressing, protein and peptide delivery, and as pharmaceutical excipients in drug delivery - Offers chapter contributions on gellan gum and its application from an international group of experts in research and industry

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of contributors
• List of Illustrations
• List of Tables
• Chapter 1 : An overview of gellan gum sources, properties, and its targeted applications
• Chapter 2 : Impact of environmental conditions on the preparation and functionality of gellan gum
• Chapter 3 : Sol–gel behavior of gellan gum and its applications in biomedical industry
• Chapter 4 : Gelation mechanism of gellan gum for biomedical applications
• Chapter 5 : Biomedical property of gellan gum
• Chapter 6 : Gellan gum–based biomedical gels
• Chapter 7 : Gellan gum–based hydrogels as useful biomedical material
• Chapter 8 : Gellan gum microspheres and their applications in the biomedical industry
• Chapter 9 : Gellan gum–based nanocomposite hydrogels
• Chapter 10 : Gellan gum based nanosystems for biomedical applications
• Chapter 11 : Crosslinked gellan gum for biomedical applications
• Chapter 12 : Gellan gum–based wound dressings
• Chapter 13 : Probiotic encapsulation and delivery using gellan gum
• Chapter 14 : Protein and peptide delivery using gellan gum
• Chapter 15 : Uses of gellan gum for nutrient delivery
• Chapter 16 : Uses of gellan gum for growth factor delivery
• Chapter 17 : Immunomodulatory functions and properties of gellan gum–based formulation
• Chapter 18 : Application of gellan gum in tropical medicine
• Chapter 19 : Gellan gum–based microparticles and beads for sustained drug delivery
• Chapter 20 : Nanoformulations of gellan gum for improved drug delivery
• Chapter 21 : Gellan gum–based in situ gels for drug delivery
• Chapter 22 : Gellan gum–based ocular formulations
• Chapter 23 : Gellan gum-based dermatological formulations
• Chapter 24 : Gellan gum derivatives for the preparation of drug delivery systems
• Chapter 25 : Gellan gum–based interpenetrating polymer networks for sustained-release drug delivery
• Chapter 26 : Gellan gum as a drug delivery system: reproductive and developmental toxicity, and its potential role in the management of female reproductive disorders
• Index
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