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Vivek Ranjan Sinha
Bio: Vivek Ranjan Sinha is an academic researcher from Panjab University, Chandigarh. The author has contributed to research in topics: Drug delivery & Solid lipid nanoparticle. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 76 publications receiving 5462 citations.
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TL;DR: This review is an insight into the exploitation of the various properties of chitosan to microencapsulate drugs and includes the factors that affect the entrapment efficiency and release kinetics of drugs from chitOSan microspheres.
1,016 citations
TL;DR: The advancements made in PCL-based microspheres and nanospheres are reviewed with special reference to the method of preparation of these and their suitability in developing effective delivery systems.
981 citations
TL;DR: This review presents the outstanding contributions in field of biodegradable microspheres as protein delivery systems, their methods of preparation, drug release, stability, interaction with immune system and regulatory considerations.
826 citations
TL;DR: A large number of polysaccharides have already been studied for their potential as colon-specific drug carrier systems, such as chitosan, pectin, chondroitin sulphate, cyclodextrin, dextrans, guar gum, inulin, amylose and locust bean gum.
822 citations
TL;DR: This article aims at reviewing the various microbially activated drug delivery systems for colon-specific drug delivery with specific reference to the microflora of the various segments of the gastrointestinal tract and their role in targeting drug delivery to the colon.
306 citations
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TL;DR: This review summarizes the main advances published over the last 15 years, outlining the synthesis, biodegradability and biomedical applications ofBiodegradable synthetic and natural polymers.
3,801 citations
TL;DR: The aim of this article is to present a concise review on the applications of hydrogels in the pharmaceutical field, hydrogel characterization and analysis of drug release from such devices.
3,484 citations
TL;DR: Polycaprolactone (PCL) was used in the biomaterials field and a number of drug-delivery devices for up to 3-4 years.
3,070 citations
TL;DR: Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Sector 67, S. S. Nagar, Punjab-160 062, India, Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Polytechnic University, Via Ranieri 67, IT-60100 Ancona, Italy, and Department of Medicinal Chemistry & Natural Products,The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, School of Pharmacy-Faculty of medicine, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
Abstract: Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Sector 67, S. A. S. Nagar,Mohali, Punjab-160 062, India, Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Polytechnic University, Via Ranieri 67, IT-60100 Ancona, Italy,Green Biotechnology Research Group, The Special Division for Human Life Technology, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science andTechnology, 1-8-31 Midorigaoka, Ikeda, Osaka-563-8577, Japan, and Department of Medicinal Chemistry & Natural Products,The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, School of Pharmacy-Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem 91120, IsraelReceived March 2, 2004
2,570 citations
TL;DR: The present review outlines the major new findings on the pharmaceutical applications of chitosan-based micro/nanoparticulate drug delivery systems published over the past decade and discusses critically the usefulness of these systems in delivering the bioactive molecules.
2,314 citations