Natural Polymers for Pharmaceutical Applications

<p>This new volume<i> Natural Polymers for Pharmaceutical Applications Volume 1: Plant-Derived Polymers</i> presents some of the latest research on the applications of natural polymers in drug delivery and therapeutics for healthcare benefits. Polymers and their applications from several plants are discussed in depth including tamarind gum gum Arabic natural carbohydrate polymer gum tragacanth pectin guar gum and its derivatives locust bean gum sterculia gum okra gum and others. </p><p></p><p>The use of the polymers derived from plants as potential pharmaceutical excipients is expanding day by day because of their stability in the biological system drug-releasing capability drug-targeting abilities as well as their bioavailability. </p>