Natural Biopolymers in Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering systematically examines a broad range of natural polymers and their applications in drug delivery and tissue engineering. The book thoroughly collates the most relevant and up-to-date research on natural biopolymers, covering a variety of key natural polymer types such as chitin, chitosan, alginate, guar gum and collagen. It is divided into two sections, covering drug delivery and tissue engineering applications. Each section focuses on natural biopolymers in the form of scaffolds, membranes, films, gels and nanoparticles, thus helping the reader select not only the most appropriate polymer type, but also the most relevant structure. This comprehensive resource is ideal for materials scientists, biomedical engineers, tissue engineers, pharmaceutical scientists and anyone interested in developing novel materials for biomedical applications.

Section 1: Drug Delivery Applications of Natural Biopolymers Pages 1. Natural Biopolymers in Drug Delivery- Role, Challenges and Clinical Applications 2. Alginates in drug delivery systems 3. Carrageenan based drug delivery 4. Cellulose and cellulose derivatives in drug delivery 5. Chitin in drug delivery 6. Chitosan as potential carrier for drug delivery 7. Drug delivery applications of collagen 8. Cyclodextrin in drug delivery 9. Dextran based engineering: a leap in novel drug delivery 10. Progress of guar gum-based biomaterials as drug delivery carriers 11. Hyaluronic acid-based drug delivery systems for targeted cancer therapy 12. Pectin-based drug delivery system for biomedical applications 13. Role of starch-based drug delivery system and its pharma applications 14. Natural biopolymers in ophthalmology