title: Nanoparticles as 'smart' pharmaceutical delivery.
abstract: Pharmaceuticals in conjunction with nanoparticle delivery systems are growing towards new heights. The aim of this review is to gain a thorough understanding of different types and characteristics of nanoparticle based delivery systems, important properties of delivery systems, pharmaceutical ingredient loading and release in the nanoparticle delivery systems. In this review, we have also highlighted about the promising pharmaceutical deliveries like brain targeted delivery, ocular delivery, oral delivery, dermal and transdermal delivery, cancer chemotherapy, vaccine delivery, nucleic acids delivery and delivery system coupling to implants. A snapshot of the nanoparticle mediated drug deliveries which are commercially available and ongoing clinical trials have been provided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bio-informatics, School of Computer and Information Sciences, Galgotias University, Greater noida, India. drchiranjib@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Chiranjib
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.forename: Soumen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pal
authors.forename: George Priya C
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Doss
authors.forename: Zhi-Hong
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Chan-Shing
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D053758:Nanoparticles