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Nanomaterials in Drug Delivery: Application of Polysaccharides and Protein-Based Nanomaterials in Modern Drug Delivery

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Biogenic Nanomaterials for Environmental Sustainability: Principles, Practices, and Opportunities

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Drug Delivery refers to techniques that help in accomplishing greater analeptic effects of any pharmaceutical drugs by transporting it to its desired location in the body. In recent research, the benefits of using nanomaterials in drug delivery are gaining immense attention. Nanotechnology provides numerous benefits in treatment of human diseases by target specific delivery of precise medicines. Over the synthetic nanomaterials, biopolymers are getting more recognition because of their biocompatibility, biodegradability, low immunogenicity, and antibacterial activity. Also, biopolymers have the capacity of delivering drugs or other bioactive compounds to definite cells or sections of cells despite the fact that they have lower drug binding ability than synthetic polymers. This book chapter represents the wide applications of bio polymeric nanoparticles derived from proteins and polysaccharides. This chapter also provides an insight to the miscellaneous advantages of proteins and polysaccharide-based bio-polymeric nanoparticle.

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Basu, A., Halder, M., Das, A., Das, R., Bhattacharjee, C. (2024). Nanomaterials in Drug Delivery: Application of Polysaccharides and Protein-Based Nanomaterials in Modern Drug Delivery. In: Shah, M.P., Bharadvaja, N., Kumar, L. (eds) Biogenic Nanomaterials for Environmental Sustainability: Principles, Practices, and Opportunities. Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45956-6_12

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