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Drug Delivery
Engineering Principles for Drug Therapy

W. Mark Saltzman

Price: £60.00 (hardback)
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-508589-1
Publication date: 5 April 2001
384 pages, 160 b/w line illus, 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 mm
Series: Topics in Chemical Engineering
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Description

Synthetic materials are a tremendous potential resource for treating human disease. For the rational design of many of these biomaterials it is necessary to have an understanding of polymer chemistry and polymer physics. Equally important to those two fields is a quantitative understanding of the principles that govern rates of drug transport, reaction, and disappearance in physiological and pathological situations. This book is a synthesis of these principles, providing a working foundation for those in the field of drug delivery. It covers advanced drug delivery and contemporary biomaterials.

Contents

Part I. Introductory material

1. Introduction

2. Drug administration and drug effectiveness

Part II. Fundamentals

3. Diffusion and drug dispersion

4. Diffusion in biological systems

5. Drug permeation through biological barriers

6. Drug transport by fluid motion

7. Pharmacokinetics of drug distribution

Part III. Drug delivery systems

8. Drug modification

9. Controlled drug delivery systems

10. Case studies in drug delivery

11. Postscript

Appendix A. Overview of polymeric biomaterials

A1. Nondegradable polymers

A2. Biodegradable polymers

A3. Water-soluble polymers

Appendix B. Useful data and nomenclature

B1. Physiological parameters

B2. Cardiovascular system

B3. Clinical chemistry

B4. Permeation and diffusion

B5. Protein properties

B6. Mathematical tables and functions

B7. Nomenclature

Index

Authors, editors, and contributors

W. Mark Saltzman, Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering, Cornell University

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Drug DeliveryEngineering Principles for Drug Therapy

Drug Delivery
Engineering Principles for Drug Therapy