Polymeric Nanomaterials for Drug Delivery

Abstract

Drug delivery systems are used to deliver on target, diseases, ailments, and unhealthy body. In biomedical science, polymeric systems and nanomaterials play a significant role because they serve as carriers for sending therapeutic agents specifically into the proposed site of action, with predominant viability, and with no adverse or toxic effects. Nanoparticulate delivery systems are designed to efficiently control particle size, morphology, improve infiltration, elasticity, solubility, and discharge of therapeutically active agents so as to achieve the objective and explicit action at a foreordained rate and time. Furthermore, some plants grown in sub-Saharan Africa, and their extracts, are found to contain bioactive compounds for medicinal purposes. Several investigations have been done to ascertain the efficacy of the plant extracts for the purpose of healing. This chapter takes a look at polymeric drug delivery systems, their morphology, nanomaterials and particulates used for treatment, some plant extracts, mechanisms of drug delivery, and risks associated with their usage and applications.