Periodontitis is a chronic infectious and inflammatory disease of periodontal tissues
estimated to affect 70–80% of all adults. At the same time, periodontium, the site of …

Introduction: The oral mucosa is an appropriate route for drug delivery systems, as it evades
first-pass metabolism, enhances drug bioavailability and provides the means for rapid drug …

The Concise Encyclopedia of Biomedical Polymers and Polymeric Biomaterials presents
new and selected content from the 11-volume Biomedical Polymers and Polymeric …

A ESTRA (" T" l'argeting of drugs and bioactives to lymphatic system is very challenging and
it depends upon the complex physiology of the lymphatic system. Targeting helps in …

Very few drug delivery systems are potent enough to fight against cancer yet gentle enough
on the body. The Nanoparticles have been successfully utilized to create a new drug …

Amphiphilic random copolymers of poly (γ-glutamic acid)-graft-l-phenylalanine (γ-PGA-Phe),
with various lengths of γ-PGA main chains (molecular weight of 70, 140, and 220 kDa) plus …

Background: In spite of a tremendous development in the neuroscience, particularly in the
area of drug delivery, only a few drugs have been marketed for central nervous system …

The gastroretentive drug delivery system is site-specific and allows the drug to remain in the
stomach for a prolonged period of time so that it can be released in a controlled manner in …

Polymers are becoming increasingly important in the field of drug delivery. The advances in
polymer science have led to the development of several novel drug-delivery systems …

The last 20 years have seen significant advancements in polymeric drug delivery methods.
A formulation or a system that makes it possible for a medicinal ingredient to be injected into …