Written at a level comprehensible to non-experts, this handbook covers the current state of
encapsulation and controlled released technologies, presenting the fundamental processes …

The utilization of natural gum polysaccharides as the vehicle for drug delivery systems and
other biomedical applications has increased in recent decades. Their biocompatibility …

This study investigated the combined influence of pH adjusting agent type (hydrochloric,
acetic or lactic acid) and initial pH value (3.6, 4.6, and 5.6) on formation of biocompatible …

Several drugs are chemically unstable in the gastric environment and have low
bioavailability restricted by intestinal absorption, which motivates the development of …

Introduction: Vancomycin hydrochloride (VH) is an amphoteric glycopeptide antibiotic used
to manage enterocolitis and pseudomembranous colitis. However, VH is prone to proteolytic …

Drug delivery is a broad field of research on the development of novel materials or carrier
systems for effective therapeutic delivery of drugs. The drug delivery may be steady …

Sterculia gum is one of the medicinally important plant-derived water soluble
polysaccharides obtained from the exudate of the tree, Sterculia urens (Family …

In recent years, a variety of biocompatible natural polysaccharides are extensively
investigated as pharmaceutical excipients in designing various pharmaceutical formulations …

Cellulose fibers (C40 and C80) were extracted from khat (Catha edulis) waste (KW) with
chlorine-free process using 40% formic acid/40% acetic acid (C40), and 80% formic …

SG is generally called as karaya gum (Gauthami and Bhat in A monograph on gum karay,
1992; Nayak et al. in Gelled microparticles/beads of sterculia gum and tamarind gum for …