In the chitin bibliography, a major reference is the book written by Richards in 1951
“primarily for entomologists and other invertebrate zoologists” but also, in the author's hope …

The main aim in the drug therapy of any disease is to attain the desired therapeutic
concentration of the drug in plasma or at the site of action and maintain it for the entire …

TMC and DEMC, quaternized derivatives of chitosan, have been shown to have penetration
enhancement properties and able to open the tight junctions of the intestinal epithelia at …

Targeting the colon for site-specific oral delivery can exploit one of two main physiological
triggers; the intestinal pH changes or the increase in bacterial numbers in the distal gut. This …

The conventional formulation of prednisolone is considered to be low in efficacy, primarily
on account of their failure in providing and maintaining effective therapeutic drug levels. This …

Low methyl-esterified pectins obtained from the cell walls of the campion (SV, SV> 300),
tansy (TV, TV> 300) and duckweed (LM, LM> 300) callus cultures and apple pectin (AP …

Oral colon delivery is pursued through a number of formulation strategies with the aim of
enabling effective and well-tolerated treatments for large bowel pathologies or enhancing …

Composite gel microparticles based on alginate and callus culture pectins with low and high
degrees of methylesterification or apple pectin were produced. By varying the chemical …

The Plantago is one of the genera in family Plantaginaceae, a large genus of herbs or sub-
herbs distributed mostly in the temperate region and a few in the tropics. Psyllium has been …

Chitosan and chitosan derivative-based nanoparticles loaded with insulin were prepared by
self-assembly, via electrostatic interactions between the negatively charged drug and the …