Enhancing the Therapeutic Efficacy of Herbal Formulations (Advances in Medical Diagnosis, Treatment, and Care)

Novel drug delivery systems cover the approaches, formulation, technologies, and modes for transporting any pharmaceutical compound throughout the body to safely get the desired effect. A growing area of research is the use of herbal formulations for disease therapy. In combining these two areas of research, that of novel drug delivery systems and that of herbal formulations, the usefulness of herbs is not only proved but its future applications and effectiveness are studied. The move towards herbal-based novel drug delivery systems can benefit society in a multitude of advantageous ways. Enhancing the Therapeutic Efficacy of Herbal Formulations discusses and explores the ways of preparing herbal formulations loaded in novel drug delivery systems and the resultant improvement in efficacy of the effected drugs/herbs already available on the market. The chapters will highlight traditional and herbal formulations, the effects of novel drug delivery systems on herbal formulations, and the safe and effective preparation and effects of herbal formulations as a therapeutic intervention. This book is ideal for pharmacists, doctors, and researchers specializing in herbal therapeutics, along with practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students interested in how herbal-based novel drug delivery systems can benefit society. Title Page 1 Copyright Page 2 Book Series 3 Table of Contents 5 Detailed Table of Contents 8 Foreword 14 Preface 16 Chapter 1: Therapeutic Efficacy of Herbal Formulations Through Novel Drug Delivery Systems 20 Chapter 2: Novel Approaches in Herbal Formulations 62 Chapter 3: An Innovative Approach as Self-Emulsifying Drug Delivery System for Phytoconstituents 88 Chapter 4: Nutraceuticals 104 Chapter 5: Effect of NDDS on Polyherbal Formulation 125 Chapter 6: Nanoparticles for the Enhancement of the Therapeutic Efficacy of Herbal Formulations 168 Chapter 7: Nanoparticulate Drug Delivery System 192 Chapter 8: Herbal Medicine and Its Bioactive Compounds for Treatment of Hepatitis B 205 Chapter 9: Enhancing the Therapeutic Efficacy of Flavonoids as Anticancer Drugs Through Novel Drug Delivery Systems 226 Chapter 10: Phytosomes as a Novel Approach for Herbal Phytoconstituents 249 Chapter 11: Novel Approaches in Nutraceuticals 260 Chapter 12: Medicinal Plants and Their Bioactive Compounds for the Management and Treatment of Gout 286 Compilation of References 307 About the Contributors 380 Index 385 Discusses and explores the ways of preparing herbal formulations loaded in novel drug delivery systems and the resultant improvement in efficacy of the effected drugs/herbs already available on the market. Chapters cover traditional and herbal formulations, the effects of novel drug delivery systems, and safe and effective preparation. "This book explores the preparation and use of herbal formulation in novel drug delivery systems"-- Provided by publisher