Alginates : versatile polymers in biomedical applications and therapeutics / editors, Md Saquib Hasnain, Amit Kumar Nayak.

Alginates : source, chemistry, and properties / Mithilesh Yadav and Younes Ahmadi -- Recent advances in alginates as material for biomedical applications / Milan Milivojevic, Ivana Pajic-Lijakovic, and Branko Bugarski -- Alginates : hydrogels, their chemistry, and applications / Verónica Elena Manzano, María Natalia Pacho, Joana Elisa Tasqué, and Norma Beatriz D'Accorso -- Alginate-based hydrogels : synthesis, characterization, and biomedical applications / Vandana Singh, and Angela Singh -- Chemically modified alginates for advanced biomedical applications / Ibrahim M. EL-Sherbiny, Mostafa M. Abd Al Aziz, and Esraa A. Abdelsalam -- Bionanocomposites of alginates, their chemistry, and applications / Nancy L. García, Mario Contín, Carlos A. Rodriguez Ramirez, and Norma B. D'Accorso -- Alginate and its applications in tissue engineering / Dilshad Qureshi, Seemadri Subhadarshini, Suraj Kumar Nayak, Doman Kim, Preetam Sarkar, Indranil Banerjee, and Kunal Pal -- Alginate-based scaffolds in bone tissue engineering applications / S. Viji Chandran, V. Sanjay, and N. Selvamurugan -- Alginate properties, pharmaceutical and tissue engineering applications / Joshy K.S., Snigdha S., and Sabu Thomas -- Alginate : drug delivery and application / Gautam Singhvi, Rapalli Vamshi Krishna, Kowthavarapu V. Krishna, and Sunil Kumar Dubey -- Chemical and physical modifications of alginates to improve their use as carriers in delivery systems / Gabriela Valladares, Karina Bierbrauer, and Miriam Strumia -- Updates on alginate-based interpenetrating polymer networks for sustained drug release / Ibrahim M. El-Sherbiny and Kholoud Arafa -- Alginate nanoparticles / Isra Dmour and Mutasem Taha -- Alginate-based nanocarriers in modern therapeutics / Vandana Singh and Angela Singh -- Alginate-based composites in drug delivery applications / Ankita Tiwari, Ankit Jain, Amit Verma, Pritish Panda, and Sanjay K. Jain -- Hydroxyapatite-alginate composites in drug delivery / Sitansu Sekhar Nanda, Dong Kee YI, Md Saquib Hasnain, and Amit Kumar Nayak -- Alginate-based gastrointestinal tract drug delivery systems / Sougata Jana, Kalyan Kumar Sen, and Sabyasachi Maiti -- Alginate hydrogels as a colon-targeted drug delivery system / Pramendra Kumar and Deepak Kumar -- Alginate carriers for the treatment of ocular diseases / Ravi Sheshala and Tin Wui Wong -- Alginate carriers for bioactive substances : herbal natural compounds and nucleic acid materials / Maria Rosaria Lauro, Giovanni Amato, Francesca Sansone, Claudia Carbone, and Giovanni Puglisi.

"This volume, Alginates: Versatile Polymers in Biomedical Applications and Therapeutics, contains 20 chapters that present current topics of interest and the latest research updates on the use of alginates as biopolymers in various medical applications and therapeutics. The topics of the chapters of this book include but are not limited to: Alginates: source, chemistry and properties; Recent advances of alginates as material for biomedical applications; Alginates: hydrogels, their chemistry, and applications; Alginate-based hydrogels: synthesis, characterization, and biomedical applications; Chemically modified alginates for advanced biomedical applications; Bionanocomposites of alginates, their chemistry and applications; Alginate and its applications in tissue engineering; Alginate-based scaffolds in bone tissue engineering applications; Alginate properties, pharmaceutical, and tissue engineering applications; Alginate: drug delivery and application; Chemical and physical modifications of alginate to improve its use as carriers in delivery systems; Updates on alginate-based interpenetrating polymer networks for sustained drug release; Alginate nanoparticles; Alginate-based nanocarriers in modern therapeutics; Alginate-based composites in drug delivery application; Hydroxyapatiteñalginate composites in drug delivery; Alginate-based gastrointestinal tract drug delivery systems; Alginate hydrogels as colon-targeted drug delivery system; Alginate carriers for treatment of ocular diseases; Alginate carriers for bioactive substances: herbal natural compounds and nucleic acid materials."-- Provided by publisher.

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