Biopolymers in Pharmaceutical and Food Applications, 2 Volumes

Dr. Sougata Jana is working in the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Directorate of Health Services, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He has published extensively on biopolymers and has considerable teaching and supervision experience in the field of pharmaceutical research.

• Volume 1Preface xixPart I Food Applications 11 Starch in Food Applications 3Amit Paul, Victor Roychowdhury, and Santanu Ghosh2 Marine Collagen and its Application in Food and Nutraceutical Products 25Yusro Nuri Fawzya, Hari Eko Irianto, and Giyatmi Giyatmi3 Chitosan-Based Nanocomposites and their Applications in Food Packaging 61Aswathy Jayakumar, Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai, Sabarish Radoor, and Suchart Siengchin4 Application of Polylactic Acid (PLA) in Food Packaging 79Merrylin Jayaseelan5 Sericin as Food Additive 95Pavani Sanapala and Sudhakar Pola6 Pectin-Based Food Packaging Film 113Swarup Roy, Ruchir Priyadarshi, Deblina Biswas, and Jong-Whan Rhim7 Alginate Application in Foods and Feeds 141Muhamad Darmawan, Nurrahmi D. Fajarningsih, Sihono Sihono, and Hari E. Irianto8 Biopolymer Films for the Preservation and Stability Improvement of Food Products 159Swarupananda Mukherjee, Deepti Rai, Debjit Ghoshal, Tiyas Pal, Sabyasachi Banerjee, and Sankhadip Bose9 Agar for Biodegradable Plastics Packaging 177Hari E. Irianto, Dina Fransiska, and Giyatmi Giyatmi10 Carrageenan for Industrial Food Processing and Preservation 203Rohini K. Kota, Veera B. Pallaval, and Prakash N. Reddy11 Inulin as a Prebiotic Agent in Human Nutrition and Healthcare 229Harish B. Kolla, Guna S. Kandimalla, Prakash N. Reddy, and Veera B. Pallaval12 Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) as a Sustainable Bioplastic in Food and Non-food Applications 241Sukh Veer Singh, Anurag Singh, Rakhi Singh, Ajay V. Chinchkar, Meenatai G. Kamble, Aamir H. Dar, and Surabhi Pandey13 Plant-Based Biopolymers in Food Industry: Sources, Extraction Methods, and Applications 269Meenatai G. Kamble, Anurag Singh, Sukh Veer Singh, Aamir H. Dar, Manisha G. Kamble, and Surabhi Pandey14 Bamboo Fiber Applications for Food and Feed 293Ulliana Marques Sampaio, Mária Herminia Ferrari Felisberto, Pedro Henrique Campelo, and Maria Teresa Pedrosa Silva Clerici15 Gum Exudates from Rosaceae Tree Species: Functional Properties and Food Applications 311Rassoul Kadkhodaee and Nassim Raoufi16 Polyphenols for Pharmacological Applications 327Samira Dowlatshah and María Ramos-PayánPart II Pharmaceutical Applications 34117 Recent Innovations Using Chitosan and Chitosan Derivatives-Based Drug Delivery Systems for the Treatment of Pulmonary Diseases 343Anitha Manikandan, Venkateshwaran Krishnaswami, and Ruckmani Kandasamy18 Alginate-Based Carriers for Oral Drug Delivery Applications 365Deepa Thomas and M.S. Latha19 Fucoidan-Based Hydrogels in Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Applications 383Dhanalekshmi Unnikrishnan Meenakshi, Poovi Ganesan, Pushpa Sweety Joseph, Saranya Thekkila-Veedu, Dhilin Pathayappurakkal Mohanan, Ashly Merin George, Ruckmani Kandasamy, and Nandakumar Selvasudha20 Biopolymers for Vaginal Delivery 417Pranita S. Kanojiya, Megha N. Karemore, and Rita N. WadetwarVolume 2Preface xvii21 Use of Dextran in Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Compositions 451Balasubramanian Karpagam, Jegathalaprathaban Rajesh, and Gurusamy Rajagopal22 Pectin-Based Biocomposite Materials for Biomedical and Cosmetic Applications 471Trinath Biswal23 Recent Progress in PLA-Based Composite and their Application to Biomedical and Cosmetic Fields 497Trinath Biswal24 Drug Delivery Systems Based on Xanthan 531Leonard I. Atanase and Marcel Popa25 Drug Delivery Systems Based on Proteins and Peptides 565Marcel Popa and Leonard I. Atanase26 Carrageenan Hydrogel for Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Applications 595Dhilin Pathayappurakkal Mohanan, Saranya Thekkila-Veedu, Ashly Merin George, Nandakumar Selvasudha, Pushpa Sweety Joseph, Dhanalekshmi Unnikrishnan Meenakshi, Poovi Ganesan, and Ruckmani Kandasamy27 Gellan-Based Delivery Systems for Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Applications 613Payal H. Patil, Swapnil N. Jain, and Chandrakantsing V. Pardeshi28 Pharmaceutical, Therapeutic, and Cosmetic Applications of Sericin 641Pushpa Sweety Joseph, Nandakumar Selvasudha, Dhanalekshmi Unnikrishnan Meenakshi, Poovi Ganesan, Saranya Thekkila-Veedu, Dhilin Pathayappurakkal Mohanan, Ashly Merin George, and Ruckmani Kandasamy29 Natural Biopolymers for Tissue Engineering 671Kishor Sarkar, Debleena Ghosh, Kankana Banerjee, Taposi T. Neog, and Rishik Patra30 Biopolymers for Enzyme Immobilization 723Sagar Salave, Jyotsna Vitore, Dhwani Rana, Manoj Dhangar, Akanksha Nadkarni, Tanvi Pawar-Medhe, Kedar Prayag, Anil B. Jindal, and Derajram Benival31 Cellulose for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Applications 759Semimul Akhtar, Sudip K. Mandal, Lalit Singh, Saman Aqeel, Sabyasachi Banerjee, and Sankhadip Bose32 Lignin in Pharmaceutical and Allied Applications 793Devika Vinod, Sreelekshmi P. Jyothi, Aparna Asok, Akhila Raman, Sandhya Sadanandan, and Appukuttan Saritha33 The Use of Natural Polysaccharides in Spray-dried Microparticles for Pulmonary Drug Delivery 819Hao-Ying Li and Ben Forbes34 Use of Agarose for the Extraction of Pharmaceutical Compounds 845María Ramos-Payán and Samira DowlatshahIndex 855