Natural And Synthetic Drug Polymers

This book concludes natural and synthetic polymers and their derivativesmwhich are commonly used in medicine and pharmacy. Recently, particular interest of scientists has been focused on biomedical polymers, the main objective of this work is to discuss various polymers recommended for the pharmaceutical applications and then to describe natural compounds used and the synthesis of biodegradable and bioresorbable polyesters and their substituted ,especially those used for drug delivery systems, therapeutic systems and macromolecular prodrugs. The applications have opened new exciting prospects for medicine, because specially designed polymers are capable of delivering medicinal substances to the target diseased tissues and cells together with dosing those drugs according to controlled specified pharmacodynamics.