Dendrimers as Drug Delivery Carriers in the Dentistry

Authors

  • Sunil Kumar Prajapati Institute of Pharmacy, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi
  • Vijay Kumar Tilak Apex Professional University, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh-791102, India
  • Ram Chand Dhakar Hospital Pharmacy, SRG Hospital & Medical College Jhalawar, Rajasthan, India-326001
  • Krishan Kumar Verma Professor, Lloyd School of Pharmacy, Plot No 3, Knowledge Park-1, Greater Noida, U.P., India-201308
  • Vikrant Saluja Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, PCTE Group of Institutes, Ludhiana, India
  • R. Jayakumararaj PG Department of Botany, Government Arts College, Melur – 625106, Madurai District, TN, India
  • Rajeshwar Kamal Kant Arya Assistant Professor, Deparment of Pharma sciences, Kumaun University Nainital, India
  • Manas Kumar Das Director, Orlean Collge of Pharmacy, 42-Knowledge Park-3, Greater Noida, U.P., India-201308
  • Soumya Das NIET (Pharmacy Institute), 19-Knowledge Park-2, Greater Noida, U.P., India-201308

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22270/ajdhs.v1i1.3

Abstract

This review gives concise information about the application of dendrimers as drug delivery carrier in the field of drug delivery. Due to their unique architecture these have improved physical and chemical properties. Due to their terminal groups these show high solubility, miscibility and reactivity. Dendrimers have well defined size, shape, molecular weight and monodispersity. These properties make the dendrimers a suitable carrier in drug delivery application. Dendrimers are unimolecular miceller in nature and due to this enhances the solubility of poorly soluble drugs. Their compatibility with DNA, heparin and polyanions make them more versatile. Dendrimers, also referred as modern day polymers, they offer much more good properties than the conventional polymers. Due to their multivalent and mono disperse character dendrimers have stimulated wide interest in the field of chemistry biology, drug delivery, gene therapy and chemotherapy. Self-assembly produces a faster means of generating nanoscopic functional and structural systems. But their actual utility in drug delivery can be assessed only after deep understanding of factors affecting their properties and their behaviour in vivo.

Keywords: Dendrimers, Drug targeting, nanoscale carriers.

Author Biographies

Sunil Kumar Prajapati, Institute of Pharmacy, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi

Professor, Institute of Pharmacy, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi

Vijay Kumar Tilak, Apex Professional University, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh-791102, India

Apex Professional University, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh-791102, India

Ram Chand Dhakar, Hospital Pharmacy, SRG Hospital & Medical College Jhalawar, Rajasthan, India-326001

Hospital Pharmacy, SRG Hospital & Medical College Jhalawar, Rajasthan, India-326001

Krishan Kumar Verma, Professor, Lloyd School of Pharmacy, Plot No 3, Knowledge Park-1, Greater Noida, U.P., India-201308

Professor, Lloyd School of Pharmacy, Plot No 3, Knowledge Park-1, Greater Noida, U.P., India-201308

Vikrant Saluja, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, PCTE Group of Institutes, Ludhiana, India

Associate Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, PCTE Group of Institutes, Ludhiana, India

R. Jayakumararaj, PG Department of Botany, Government Arts College, Melur – 625106, Madurai District, TN, India

PG Department of Botany, Government Arts College, Melur – 625106, Madurai District, TN, India

Rajeshwar Kamal Kant Arya, Assistant Professor, Deparment of Pharma sciences, Kumaun University Nainital, India

Assistant Professor, Deparment of Pharma sciences, Kumaun University Nainital, India

Manas Kumar Das, Director, Orlean Collge of Pharmacy, 42-Knowledge Park-3, Greater Noida, U.P., India-201308

Director, Orlean Collge of Pharmacy, 42-Knowledge Park-3, Greater Noida, U.P., India-201308

Soumya Das, NIET (Pharmacy Institute), 19-Knowledge Park-2, Greater Noida, U.P., India-201308

Associate Professor, NIET (Pharmacy Institute), 19-Knowledge Park-2, Greater Noida, U.P., India-201308

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Published

25.12.2021 — Updated on 25.12.2021

How to Cite

Prajapati, S. K. ., Tilak, V. K. ., Dhakar, R. C., Verma, K. K. ., Saluja, V. ., Jayakumararaj, R. ., Arya, R. K. K. ., Das, M. K. ., & Das, S. . (2021). Dendrimers as Drug Delivery Carriers in the Dentistry. Asian Journal of Dental and Health Sciences, 1(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.22270/ajdhs.v1i1.3

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