Smart Pharmaceutical Nanocarriers

Abstract

Drug delivery practices have undergone rapid advances largely due to parallel advances in the fields of nanotechnology and nano-medicine, as well as to the tremendous progress of our understanding of the fundamental human body biology. The efficacy of any product containing a functional ingredient, such a drug, is determined by two factors: the intrinsic activity of the active molecule as well as the delivery of this molecule to its site of action. Moreover, the active ingredient has to be delivered at the right concentration for a sufficient period of time to exert its biological or pharmacological activity. Which carrier is best for delivering the active ingredient?