Nanomedicine for Bioactives - Healthcare applications

Nanotechnology is opening up new avenues in all scientific and technological fields. Among the novel applications, bioactives and nutraceuticals are fast-growing areas of nano research for better healthcare solutions. A variety of nanoformulations, such as polymeric nanoparticles, nanocapsules, nanoemulsions, transferosomes and ethosomes, liposomes, lipospheres, and lipid polymer hybrid nanoparticles have proved valuable in bioactive delivery and food materials. Further, new herbal drugs and nutraceuticals are reported to have remarkable advantages over conventional formulations of plant actives and extracts, including enhanced solubility, bioavailability, multiple drug delivery, greater stability, sustained delivery, improved tissue macrophage distribution, protection from toxicity, enhancement of pharmacological activity and protection from physical and chemical degradation. This book focuses on the advanced nanomaterials that are utilized for the encapsulation of nutrients/vitamin/phytoconstituents, as well as their other healthcare benefits. 

Mahfoozur Rahman, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Health Science, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences (SHUATS), Allahabad, India. His major areas of research interest include development and characterization of nanosized drug delivery systems for inflammatory disorders including psoriasis, arthritis, neurodegenerative disorders and cancer, etc. Besides, he is also working on amalgamation of herbal medicinal plants with modern therapeutics in order to deliver a scientifically acceptable therapy for various diseases management. To date he has published over 100 publications in peer reviewed journals. 

Dr Sarwar Beg is an Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi. He has over 10 years of teaching and research experience in the field of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics, especially in the systematic development and characterization of novel and nanostructured drug delivery systems employing Quality by Design paradigms. Dr. Beg has authored 140 publications, 45 book chapters, 10 books and 03 Indian patent applications. 

Dr. Vikas Kumar, Assistant Professor (Pharmacognosy) at the, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shalom Institute of Health and Allied Sciences, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences (SHUATS), Allahabad, India has been working on traditional medicine in drug discovery leading to the development of therapeutic leads from natural resources. His research work is highlighted on screening, evaluation, formulation and standardization of herbal drugs with their validation to ensure quality, efficacy and safety. 

Professor Farhan Jalees Ahmad is currently a Professor, School of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India is an internationally known researcher in the area of Pharmaceutical Sciences. He has 26 years of rich experience in Research and Teaching. His domain of research therein included development, scale-up, technology transfer and launching of pharmaceutical products, both for domestic and international markets. He has published more than 300 research and review papers, 12 Book chapters and 9 books.