Update on polymers for oral drug delivery /

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Author / Creator:Liu, Fang.
Imprint:Shawbury, Shrewsbury : ISmithers, ©2011.
Description:1 online resource (160 pages) : illustrations.
Language:English
Series:Smithers Rapra update
Smithers Rapra update.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11125376
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Other authors / contributors:McConnell, Emma.
Pygall, Samuel.
ISBN:9781847355386
1847355382
1847355374
9781847355379
1280125268
9781280125263
9786613529121
6613529125
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:"Smithers Rapra update."
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:The preferred route for drug delivery remains the oral route, but oral drug delivery has now developed beyond traditional dosage forms such as tablets and capsules. Nowadays it is possible to use polymers to allow drugs to be targeted to specific sites in the gastrointestinal tract, and to extend the drug release profile. In addition, polymers can be engineered to allow oral delivery of such complex molecules as proteins, peptides, and even genes. This book gives a comprehensive summary of oral drug delivery systems, both conventional and novel, and the ways in which polymers have been adapted.
Other form:Print version: Liu, Fang. Update on polymers for oral drug delivery. London : Smithers Rapra, 2011 1847355374