Bio-based polymers are materials that are produced from renewable resources. Their biodegradable properties are the driver of worldwide interest among researchers and manufacturers in recent years due to the demand and need for alternatives to fossil fuel based polymers. The use of biodegradable polymers creates a sustainable industry. In contrast, the raw materials for synthetic polymers derived from petrochemicals will eventually deplete and most of them are non-biodegradable. Despite these advantages, bio-based polymers account for only a tiny fraction of the total global plastic market.
Non-biodegradability issues of synthetic pharmaceutical inactive ingredients strongly emphasized innovators towards the development of biopolymers. Recently natural biodegradable excipients gained significant attention due to their sustainability and engineered applications. Innovative technologies to transform these materials into value-added chemicals via novel graft-polymerization or co-processing techniques for the production of high-performance multifunctional and low-cost polymers with tunable structures are key parts of its sustainable development.
Biopolymers Towards Green and Sustainable Development elaborates on important issues that surround bio-based polymers. It gives the reader an overview of biopolymers, the impact of non-biodegradable polymers on the environment and health, emerging sources of biodegradable polymers, structural and morphological characterization techniques, thermomechanical properties, biodegradable plastics from biopolymers, pharmaceutical, biomedical, and textile applications, and pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. Moreover, a brief bibliometric meta-analysis on bio-based pharmaceutical excipients provides an update about teams involved in the development of polymeric research that may be of interest to anyone who wants to work on sustainable biopolymer projects.
Non-biodegradability issues of synthetic pharmaceutical inactive ingredients strongly emphasized innovators towards the development of biopolymers. Recently natural biodegradable excipients gained significant attention due to their sustainability and engineered applications. Innovative technologies to transform these materials into value-added chemicals via novel graft-polymerization or co-processing techniques for the production of high-performance multifunctional and low-cost polymers with tunable structures are key parts of its sustainable development.
Biopolymers Towards Green and Sustainable Development elaborates on important issues that surround bio-based polymers. It gives the reader an overview of biopolymers, the impact of non-biodegradable polymers on the environment and health, emerging sources of biodegradable polymers, structural and morphological characterization techniques, thermomechanical properties, biodegradable plastics from biopolymers, pharmaceutical, biomedical, and textile applications, and pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. Moreover, a brief bibliometric meta-analysis on bio-based pharmaceutical excipients provides an update about teams involved in the development of polymeric research that may be of interest to anyone who wants to work on sustainable biopolymer projects.
Key Features
- provides an updated summary on recently discovered natural polymeric materials
- gives a thorough breakdown of the vast range of biopolymer applications including fabrication of conventional and novel drug delivery, polymeric scaffolds, composites, microneedles, and green synthesis of metallic nanoparticles,
- summarizes pharmacology and pharmacokinetics of the inactive pharmaceutical ingredient and excipients
- presents a bibliometric meta-analysis indicating potential collaboration between country, organization, institution, and authors with a view on recent ongoing trends in tyhe biopolymer landscape.
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Consent for Publication
- Conflict of Interest
- Acknowledgements
- Key Feature
- Introduction
- History of Biodegradable Polymers
- Market Potential of Pharmaceutical Natural Excipients
- Food and Drug Administrative Regulation
- Conclusions and Future Perspective
- References
- And Human Health
- Introduction
- Sustainability and Life-Cycle Assessments of Polymers on Eco-System
- The Interactive Reaction Between Polymers and the Environment
- Biodegradable Oxidizable Polymers
- Biodegradable Hydrolyzable Polymers
- Effect of Non-Biodegradable Polymers on Wild Life and Human Health
- Conclusions and Future Prospects
- References
- Introduction
- Potential Polymers from Natural Resources
- Silkworm Cocoon as a Potential Source of Biodegradable Polymers
- Biopolymers from Peptide and Polypeptides
- Lignin An Aromatic Biopolymers
- Co-Processed Bio-Based Polymers
- Graft Co-Polymerizations
- Biodegradable Polymers from Marine Origin
- Conclusions and Future Prospects
- References
- Characterization of Bio-Based Polymers
- Introduction
- Chemistry of Bio-Based Polymers
- Chemistry of Structurally Modified Bio-Based Polymers
- Surface Morphology
- Physio-Technical Characterization
- Conclusions and Future Prospects
- References
- Introduction
- Thermal Analysis
- Mechanical Properties of Nanocomposites Fabricated Using Bio-Based Polymers
- Conclusions and Future Aspects
- References
- Excipients
- Introduction
- Polymers in Conventional Drug Delivery System
- Polymers in Modified and Novel Drug Delivery Systems
- Polymeric Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering
- Biodegradable Polymeric Composites
- Biopolymers in Electrospinning Technology
- Non-Invasive Micro-Needles Fabrication Using Biodegradable Bio-Based Polymer
- Green Synthesis of Metallic Nanoparticles Using Bio-Based Excipient
- Other Applications
- Conclusions and Future Prospects
- References
- Plastic
- Introduction
- Biopolymers as Biodegradable Plastics
- Conclusions and Future Prospects
- References
- Industry
- Introduction
- Biopolymers in the Textile Industry
- Conclusions and Future Prospects
- References
- Excipients
- Introduction
- Pharmacokinetic and Toxicology of Excipients
- Basics of Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamics
- Pharmacokinetics Profiling of Active and Inactive Substances
- Conclusions and Future Perspectives
- Reference
- Excipients
- Introduction
- Study Design
- Data Collection
- Results and Discussion
- Publication Trends During 2000 to 2020 and Distribution of Publication Based on The
- Theme
- Co-Authorship of Authors
- Occurrence of Authors Keywords and Co-Occurrence of All Keywords
- Bibliographic Coupling of Countries
- Co-Citation of Sources
- Limitations of the Study
- Conclusions
- References
- Subject Index
Contributors
- Sudarshan Singh
- Warangkana Chunglok
