Download or read book Microencapsulation of Drugs written by Whateley and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1992-09-30 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Begins a series for graduate or senior undergraduate students that will cover a wide range of topics relating to drug delivery and targeting, including the nature of tissue and organ targets, penetration enhancers, the delivery of endogenous compounds, and vaccine design. The first volume discusses the technology of controlled release as a way of isolating the drug from the environment until it gets to the desired part of the body. It considers several processes of microencapsulation and several materials. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR