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The book contains 33 chapters divided into four sections: Drug Discovery, Drug Delivery and Regulatory/ Toxicological Aspects, Biomedical Applications, and Phytochemical Applications of Nanotechnology. This book describes in detail the importance of nanotechnology in drug development and drug delivery with special emphasis on the applications of nanotechnology in biomedical sciences. It also mentions the applications of nanotechnology in diverse fields including latest applications like 3D printing and omics based nanomedicine. This book develops the concepts with history of nanotechnological research, understanding of functional properties of nanoparticles and nanoformulations and covers nanotubes, nanorods, nanofibres and fullerenes, nanotechnology based biosensors in drug delivery. This book has been written for postgraduate students and researchers working in the fields of drug discovery, scientists dealing with drug formulations in academia and industry and prospective researchers in the related fields. It will provide a one-stop solution to readers seeking information on the latest technological developments and biomedical applications of nanopharmaceuticals and allied fields.
List of contents
Part I: Drug Discovery.- Part II: Drug Delivery.- Part III: Regulatory/Toxicological Aspects and Biomedical Applications.- Part IV: Phytochemical Applications of Nanotechnology.
About the author
Dr. Pooja A Chawla is working as a Professor, at the University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, Punjab, India. She has 23 years of experience in the research, discovery, and development of biologically active pharmaceuticals. Dr. Chawla holds a PhD degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences with a specialization in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and has published 7 books, 28 book chapters, and more than 150 papers in national/international journals and is serving as a reviewer for international journals of repute. Dr. Pooja is also privileged to serve as guest editor of two reputed journals CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets IF 2.5 and Current Organic Chemistry IF 1.7) of Bentham Sciences. She has been appointed as Academic editor of PLOS ONE journal IF 3.7 and recently she has been appointed as Assistant editor for Health Sciences Review Journal by Elsevier publishers. She has guided more than 60 postgraduate projects and her research team consists of 6 Masters and 4 Doctoral research scholars. She has seven published patents and five design patents to her credit. Her area of research interest focuses on the design and synthesis of various heterocyclic moieties including 4-Thiazolidinones, 2,4-Thiazolidiedione, Coumarin, Pyrazolines, Schiff’s base derivatives to name a few for the discovery of medicinally important agents as anticonvulsants, antidepressants, anticancer, anti Alzheimer’s agents. She is well-versed with method development and validation and guiding research scholars in this field.
Dr. Viney Chawla is working as Professor and Principal at University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Punjab, India, He has 25 Years of experience in the research, formulation and development of solid lipid nanoparticles, microspheres, liposomes, nanostructured lipid carriers. Dr. Chawla holds a Ph D Degree in Pharmaceutics and has published 2 Books, 25 Book Chapters and more than 100 Papers in National/International Journals and is serving as a Reviewer for International Journals of repute. Dr. Chawla delivered an Oral Talk at World Chemistry Congress, Dubai 2019. He is the recipient of grant from National Medicinal Plants Board, Govt. of India. He has delivered number of invited talks and chaired many sessions at various conferences held across India. He has guided 44 Post Graduate projects and his research team consists of 9 Masters and 4 Doctoral Research Scholars.
Summary
The book contains 33 chapters divided into four sections: Drug Discovery, Drug Delivery and Regulatory/ Toxicological Aspects, Biomedical Applications, and Phytochemical Applications of Nanotechnology. This book describes in detail the importance of nanotechnology in drug development and drug delivery with special emphasis on the applications of nanotechnology in biomedical sciences. It also mentions the applications of nanotechnology in diverse fields including latest applications like 3D printing and omics based nanomedicine. This book develops the concepts with history of nanotechnological research, understanding of functional properties of nanoparticles and nanoformulations and covers nanotubes, nanorods, nanofibres and fullerenes, nanotechnology based biosensors in drug delivery.
This book has been written for postgraduate students and researchers working in the fields of drug discovery, scientists dealing with drug formulations in academia and industry and prospective researchers in the related fields. It will provide a one-stop solution to readers seeking information on the latest technological developments and biomedical applications of nanopharmaceuticals and allied fields.
