Drug delivery engineering principles for drug therapy

This text is a synthesis of the principles that govern rates of drug transport, reaction, and disappearance in physiological and pathological situations, providing a working foundation for those in the field of drug delivery. The book covers advanced drug delivery and contemporary biomaterials.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Saltzman, W. Mark
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
SeriesTopics in chemical engineering (Oxford University Press)
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781423757665
9781628701586
9780195085891
9781601299529
Physical Description1 online zdroj (xi, 372 pages) : illustrations.

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Drug administration and drug effectiveness
  • Diffusion and drug dispersion
  • Diffusion in biological systems
  • Drug permeation through biological barriers
  • Drug transport by fluid motion
  • Pharmcokinetics of drug distribution
  • Drug modification
  • Controlled drug delivery systems
  • Case studies in drug delivery.