6 Toward Eco‐friendly Nanotechnology‐based Polymers for Drug Delivery Applications
Prachi Pandey1, Jayvadan Patel2, and Samarth Kumar3
1 Babaria Institute of Pharmacy, BITS Edu Campus, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
2 Nootan Pharmacy College, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar, Gujarat, India
3 Formulation R & D, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
6.1 Introduction
In recent years, pharmaceutical research has been focused on the development of nanotechnology‐based drug delivery systems applicable in the field of drug delivery. Currently, the utilization of biopolymers as nanoparticles (NPs) represents a viable alternative with huge potential for the targeted distribution of drugs or biological macromolecules in the body [1]. In recent years, it was realized by the scientific community that there is a need to utilize ecofriendly nanotechnology‐based polymers for formulating drug delivery systems. Their promising role and applications in the pharmaceutical research may be attributable not only to the fact that they are biodegradable and toxicologically harmless materials of low cost and relative abundance compared to their and synthetic counter parts [1, 2] but also because natural resources are renewable, and if cultivated or harvested in a sustainable manner, they can provide a constant supply of raw materials.
The use of ecofriendly biodegradable polymers has been witnessed in several studies in the past. Biopolymer‐based NPs can be used efficaciously ...
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