Plant Polysaccharides as Pharmaceutical Excipients

Amit Kumar Nayak (M. Pharm, Ph.D) is currently working as Professor at School of Pharmaceutical Sciences,Siksha ‘O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Odisha, India. He has earned his PhD from IFTM University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has over 14 years of research experiences in the field of pharmaceutics, especially in the development and characterization of novel biopolymeric and nanostructured drug delivery systems. Till date, he has authored more than 138 research and review publications in various high-impact peer-reviewed journals and 135 book chapters. He has edited/authored 23 international books to his credit. Dr. Nayak has presented his research work at several conferences. He has received University Foundation Day Research Award, 2019 and 2022 by Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Odisha. Dr. Nayak is a life member of the Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI) and a registered pharmacist.Md Saquib Hasnain (Ph.D) is currently working as the Professor and Dean, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Health and Medical Sciences, Barasat, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He has over 13 years of research experience in the field of drug delivery and pharmaceutical formulation analyses, especially systematic development and characterization of diverse nanostructured drug delivery systems, controlled release drug delivery systems, bioenhanced drug delivery systems, nanomaterials and nanocomposites employing Quality by Design approaches and many more. Till date he has authored over 100 publications in various high impact peer-reviewed journals, more than 100 book chapters and 30 books to his credit. He is also serving as the reviewer of several prestigious journals. Overall, he has earned a highly impressive publishing and cited record. He has also participated and presented his research work at over ten conferences in India, and abroad. He was also a member of scientific societies i.e., Royal Society of Chemistry, Great Britain, International Association of Environmental and Analytical Chemistry, Switzerland and Swiss Chemical Society, Switzerland. Dr. Dilipkumar Pal is an Associate Professor at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Ghasidash Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur, India. He received his master and PhD degree from Jadavpur Universty, Kolkata, and performed post-doctoral research as Endeavour research fellow in University of Sydney, Australia. His research interests include phytochemical pharmacological evaluation of indigenous plants and natural biopolymers. He has published 177 full research papers in peer-reviewed national and international scientific journals, and contributed 115 abstracts in different national and international conferences. He has written one book and 68 book chapters and edited seven books published by reputed international publishers. Dr. Pal had received 13 national and international professional awards and has guided seven PhD and 39 master students for their dissertation thesis. He is the reviewer and Editorial Board member of 27 and 29 scientific journals, respectively. Dr Pal is the Editor-in-Chief of the research journal SPER Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biological Research.

• 1. Plant polysaccharides: Sources, classifications and extraction methods2. Biocompatibility of plant polysaccharides3. Properties of plant polysaccharides used as pharmaceutical excipients4. Plant polysaccharides in pharmaceutical tablets5. Plant polysaccharides as suspending agents in pharmaceutical suspensions6. Plant polysaccharides as emulsifiers in pharmaceutical emulsions7. Plant polysaccharides-based in multiple-units for oral drug delivery8. Plant polysaccharides in nanoparticles for drug delivery9. Plant polysaccharides in transdermal drug delivery10. Plant polysaccharides in buccal drug delivery11. Plant polysaccharides in nasal drug delivery12. Plant polysaccharides in ocular drug delivery13. Plant polysaccharides as useful excipients for the preparation of suppository14. Plant polysaccharides in colon-targeting drug delivery15. Plant polysaccharides in pharmaceutical gels16. Plant polysaccharides in pharmaceutical hydrogels17. Plant polysaccharides in formulation coating18. Plant polysaccharides for protein binding19. Plant polysaccharides for drug delivery in wound healing20. Plant polysaccharides for biomedical implants21. Plant polysaccharides for drug delivery in tissue repair22. Future perspectives and challenges of plant polysaccharides as pharmaceutical excipients