FABRACATION TECHNIQUES OF NATURAL POLYMER IN DRUG DELIVERY APPLICATIONS

Abstract

Natural polymer-based nanomaterials have been developed to overcome the bionanocomposites. Chitosan (CS) and mineral clays are renewable friendly compounds owing their properties of biocompatibility, biodegradability and low toxicity. These valuable properties, among others, fabricate the CS- based bionanocomposites in extremely interesting materials for a variety of applications, including drug delivery, medical and pharmaceutics purposes. The signafecant of processing approaches and characterization methods, as well as aspect associated to their biopharmaceutics and drug release behaviors for controlled and targeted drug delivery systems.