Biopolymers as materials for developing products in pharmaceutical applications and biomedical uses
Biopolymers have been widely studied for use in pharmaceutical applications. They have been used for modifying drug release, orientating a drug towards its therapeutic target, penetrating physiological barriers (tissues and cells) and protecting unstable therapeutic agents against physiological cond...
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| author | Manuel Guillermo Rojas Cortés Bibiana Margarita Vallejo Díaz Jairo Ernesto Perilla Perilla |
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| description | Biopolymers have been widely studied for use in pharmaceutical applications. They have been used for modifying drug release, orientating a drug towards its therapeutic target, penetrating physiological barriers (tissues and cells) and protecting unstable therapeutic agents against physiological conditions which are present in a less invasive administration routes. The importance of biopolymers in designing new biomedical devices must thus be stressed, es-pecially when a pharmaceutical substance must be incorporated into a polymer matrix. A new generation of alterna-tives for human health has thus been generated by designing pharmaceutical therapeutic systems in line with the concept of “integrated custom-made product design”. This document reviews the trends concerning using biopoly-mers for designing products having pharmaceutical and biomedical applications. The paper also introduces the elements which should be mastered by engineers for obtaining material which can be used in the health field and tries to provide a reference point regarding the state of the art in this specific field of knowledge. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dc09c28d9f5344d18bf0eec6c3ba64602022-12-21T17:58:11ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaIngeniería e Investigación0120-56092248-87232008-01-01281577113740Biopolymers as materials for developing products in pharmaceutical applications and biomedical usesManuel Guillermo Rojas CortésBibiana Margarita Vallejo DíazJairo Ernesto Perilla PerillaBiopolymers have been widely studied for use in pharmaceutical applications. They have been used for modifying drug release, orientating a drug towards its therapeutic target, penetrating physiological barriers (tissues and cells) and protecting unstable therapeutic agents against physiological conditions which are present in a less invasive administration routes. The importance of biopolymers in designing new biomedical devices must thus be stressed, es-pecially when a pharmaceutical substance must be incorporated into a polymer matrix. A new generation of alterna-tives for human health has thus been generated by designing pharmaceutical therapeutic systems in line with the concept of “integrated custom-made product design”. This document reviews the trends concerning using biopoly-mers for designing products having pharmaceutical and biomedical applications. The paper also introduces the elements which should be mastered by engineers for obtaining material which can be used in the health field and tries to provide a reference point regarding the state of the art in this specific field of knowledge.https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/ingeinv/article/view/14868biopolymermodified releasetherapeutic systembiomedical device |
| spellingShingle | Manuel Guillermo Rojas Cortés Bibiana Margarita Vallejo Díaz Jairo Ernesto Perilla Perilla Biopolymers as materials for developing products in pharmaceutical applications and biomedical uses Ingeniería e Investigación biopolymer modified release therapeutic system biomedical device |
| title | Biopolymers as materials for developing products in pharmaceutical applications and biomedical uses |
| title_full | Biopolymers as materials for developing products in pharmaceutical applications and biomedical uses |
| title_fullStr | Biopolymers as materials for developing products in pharmaceutical applications and biomedical uses |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biopolymers as materials for developing products in pharmaceutical applications and biomedical uses |
| title_short | Biopolymers as materials for developing products in pharmaceutical applications and biomedical uses |
| title_sort | biopolymers as materials for developing products in pharmaceutical applications and biomedical uses |
| topic | biopolymer modified release therapeutic system biomedical device |
| url | https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/ingeinv/article/view/14868 |
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