Special Issue On - Lipid Assemblies as Tools for Drug Delivery.

 

Special Issue By - Dr. Anu Puri

 

This special issue calls for original papers with important and novel contributions related to – “Lipid Assemblies as Tools for Drug Delivery.”

 

Topics of interests include

• Lipids
• Polymers
• Nanomedicine
• Drug Delivery

Reviews which include the comparative view, Original research papers as well as short communications and letters on new developments and applications are welcome and are to be written in Standard English. Formatting of the manuscript with headings and Sub headings is necessary and views are to be presented clearly. New approaches are mainly in interest.

To cover the costs of publication, an Article Processing Charge is essential and the charge levied for each article of any type upon acceptance is $900 USD.

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Acceptance period: 14 days from the submitted date People involved: Dr. Anu Puri, Dr. Anju Gupta  - Editor

Lipids are integral part of cells membranes and are known to regulate biological functions. Purified lipids are known to assemble into self-organized structures, that have been explored as drug delivery systems since decades. The molecular interactions between the lipids are governed by their physical and chemical properties including their hydrophilic, hydrophobic and amphipathic behavior. Tools are available to further tune these lipid assemblies that lead to alterations of their hydrodynamic size, surface properties, drug loading efficiency, stability, drug release properties etc. The purpose of this special issue bring together various lipid-based drug delivery systems currently in clinical uses and/or being developed for delivery of anticancer drugs. These include, liposomes, micelles, emulsions and lipid-based polymers.

Submission Instructions: All submissions will undergo peer review and accepted articles will be published in the International Journal of Lipids.