Carbohydrate-Based Carriers for Drug Delivery, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Drug Delivery and Controlled Release".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2025 | Viewed by 1107
Special Issue Editors
Interests: drug delivery; anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects; cyclodextrin inclusion complexes; ibuprofen derivatives; chemical synthesis; ionic liquids; polymers
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Interests: organic synthesis; chitosan microparticles and nanoparticles; antioxidant activity; diabetes mellitus type 2; drug delivery systems; drug loading; release profile
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Interests: anti-inflammatory potential; organic synthesis; nanogels; liposomes; nanocarriers; drug delivery systems
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Interests: organic synthesis; drug delivery systems (liposomes, niosomes, chitosan nanoparticles, nanofiber, nanofibers, films, sponges); molecular docking; structure-based drug design strategies; antioxidant activity; anti-inflammatory activity; diabetes mellitus type 2
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Carbohydrates, or saccharides, are among the most common molecules found in nature and have biological and structural features that allow for their use in drug delivery systems as carriers. The main classes of these molecules include monosaccharides, oligosaccharides and polisaccharides, which have shown great potential for overcoming the limitations of drugs and navigating biological barriers to achieve targeted delivery. Chitosan, cyclodextrin, alginate, gellan, xanthan gum, cellulose, dextran, pullulan, etc., are some of the most well-known carbohydrate carriers in drug delivery. By protecting the structural integrity of the drug and proving hydrophilic properties, these carriers can modulate undesirable biological properties in drugs as well as their solubility and release profile.
Carbohydrates can improve drug delivery due to their ability to selectively bind to protein receptors, thus increasing drug targeting. They also have the advantages of nontoxicity, biodegradability, good biocompatibility and increased encapsulation stability.
In recent years, carbohydrate-based drug delivery systems have been developed and improved, with their use being of great interest to researchers for the treatment of inflammation, cancer, infections, chronic wounds, diabetes mellitus and other diseases.
This Special Issue will focus on current advances in carbohydrate-based carriers and their applications in drug delivery.
Dr. Ioana Mirela Vasincu
Dr. Florentina Lupascu
Dr. Maria Apotrosoaei
Prof. Dr. Lenuta Profire
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nanomaterials
- drug delivery
- release profile
- polisaccharides
- oligosaccharides
- inclusion complexes
- targeted therapy
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