Advanced Drug Delivery Systems for Colonic Disorders

Advanced Drug Delivery Systems for Colonic Disorders presents state-of-the-art methods for targeted drug delivery to the colon. These methods can prolong drug half-lives, improve bioavailability, optimize pharmacokinetics, and reduce medication dosing frequency. Chapters allow readers to not only become familiar with advancements, but also understand concepts by providing illustrations, figures, and informative tables. Contents cover an overview of colonic diseases, the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved, current and traditional therapeutic approaches, biomaterials, oral drug delivery methods, targeted drug delivery, nutraceuticals and herbal medicine approaches, prebiotics, probiotics and symbiotics, nanomedicine approaches, and the status of clinical trials. This book is the perfect resources for researchers in pharma, biomaterials, and nutrition to help familiarize them with new and upcoming therapeutic methods. Research physicians in GI can also benefit from reading this book for its clinical applications.

• Covers recent perspectives and challenges towards the treatment of colonic disorders
• Provides insights into how advanced drug delivery systems can be effectively used for the management of various types of colonic disorders
• Discusses drug delivery strategies to manage inflammatory bowel disease (chronic inflammation in the digestive tract), ulcerative colitis (inflammation and ulcers in colon), Crohn's disease, Colonic polyps, Shigellosis, Colon Bleeding or Hemorrhage, Diverticulosis and colon cancer