Campus Digest

New book by staff (3 January 2022)

03 Jan 2022

Novel Drug Delivery Systems for Chinese Medicines

Editors: Professor Feng Nianping, Chair Professor and Director of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Professor Yang Zhijun, Professor of the School of Chinese Medicine at HKBU 

ISBN 978-981-16-3443-7
ISBN 978-981-16-3444-4 (eBook)

This book describes the essential and cutting-edge concepts based on the frontier of pharmaceutical research in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), underlying scientific principles, and current advancements of drug delivery systems for Chinese medicines, including sustained-release drug delivery systems, trans-nasal drug delivery systems, dermal and transdermal drug delivery systems, etc. Novel carriers and emerging technologies (such as 3D printing) are also covered. The book provides readers with an overall picture of drug delivery systems for Chinese medicines and also yields benefits for the pharmaceutical industry with regard to TCM-based drug development.