Research Catalog

Title

Polysaccharides for drug delivery and pharmaceutical applications / Robert H. Marchessault, editor, François Ravenelle, editor, Xiao Xia Zhu, editor ; sponsored by the ACS Division of Cellulose and Renewable Materials.

Publication

Washington, DC : American Chemical Society : Distributed by Oxford University Press, [2006], ©2006.

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Additional Authors

• Marchessault, R. H.
• Ravenelle, François.
• Zhu, Xiao Xia.
• American Chemical Society. Meeting (228th : 2004 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
• American Chemical Society. Cellulose and Renewable Materials Division.

Description

xv, 365 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

ACS symposium series ; 934

Uniform Title

ACS symposium series ; 934.

Subject

• Polysaccharides > Congresses
• Excipients > Congresses
• Excipients
• Polysaccharides
• Biopolymers
• Drug Delivery Systems

Genre/Form

Congress.

Note

• Developed from a symposium sponsored by the ACS Division of Cellulose and Renewable Materials at the 228th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 22-26, 2004.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Overview of polysaccharides : nature's own polymers at the service of drug delivery / Francois Ravenelle -- 1. Fishing for proteins with magnetic cellulosic nanocrystals / Robert H. Marchessault, Glen Bremner and Gregory Chauve -- 2. Applications of cellulose and cellulose derivatives in immediate release solid dosage / Jinjiang Li and Xiaohui Mei -- 3. Hydroxypropylcellulose in oral drug delivery / Mira F. Francis, Mariella Piredda and Francoise M. Winnik -- 4. Contramid : high-amylose starch for controlled drug delivery / Francois Ravenelle and Miloud Rahmouni -- 5. Water diffusion in drug delivery systems made of high-amylose starch as studied by NMR imaging / Heloise Therien-Aubin and Xiao Xia Zhu -- 6. Cross-linked starch derivatives for highly loaded pharmaceutical formulations / Mircea Alexandru Mateescu, Pompilia Ispas-Szabo and Jerome Mulhbacher -- 7. Hyaluronan : investigations into the mode of action of hyaluronan in topical drug delivery / Marc B. Brown, Stuart A. Jones, Weijiang He and Gary P. Martin -- 8. Biomedical applications of hyaluronic acid / Samuel J. Falcone, David Palmeri and Richard A. Berg -- 9. Chitosan nanoparticles for non-viral gene therapy / Julio C. Fernandes, Marcio Jose Tiera and Francoise M. Winnik -- 10. Chitosan as a biomaterial for preparation of depot-based delivery systems / J. Grant and C. Allen -- 11. Characterization of glycol chitosan : a potential material for use in biomedical and pharmaceutical applications : a comparison of fractionation techniques / Darryl K. Knight, Stephen N. Shapka and Brian O. Amsden -- 12. Chitosan : a natural polycation with multiple applications / Eve Ruel-Gariepy and Jean-Christophe Leroux -- 13. Properties of levan and potential medical uses / J. Combie -- 14. Iron-polysaccharide composites for pharmaceutical applications / Kirill I. Shingel and Robert H. Marchessault -- 15. Polysaccharide - drug conjugates as controlled drug delivery systems / M. Nichifor and G. Mocanu -- 16. Polysaccharide hydrogels for the preparation of immunoisolated cell delivery systems / Jean-Michel Rabanel, Nicolas Bertrand, Shilpa Sant, Salma Louati and Patrice Hildgen.

ISBN

0841239606 (alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2005058193
• 9780841239609

OCLC

• ocm62736872
• SCSB-5264618

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Columbia University Libraries