Bioactive Polymeric Systems

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiv

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2. Bioactive Polymeric Systems, An Overview

   • Charles G. Gebelein

   Pages 1-15

3. Biocompatibility of Bioactive Polymeric Systems

   • James M. Anderson

   Pages 17-30

4. Controlled-Release Pesticides

   • Nate F. Cardarelli, Bernadette M. Cardarelli

   Pages 31-92

5. Controlled Release of Antifertility Agents

   • David L. Gardner, Barbara A. Metz

   Pages 93-119

6. Controlled Release and Plant-Growth Regulators

   • Jocelyn M. Miller, Amar Yahiaoui

   Pages 121-141

7. Hydrogels for Controlled Drug Release

   • Sung Wan Kim

   Pages 143-150

8. Biodegradable Drug Delivery Systems Based on Polypeptides

   • Robert V. Petersen

   Pages 151-177

9. Controlled-Release Animal Repellents in Forestry

   • David I. Gustafson

   Pages 179-201

10. Affinity Chromatography

    • C. R. Lowe, Y. D. Clonis

    Pages 203-222

11. Application of Radiation Grafting in Reagent Insolubilization

    • Chye H. Ang, John L. Garnett, Ronald G. Levot, Mervyn A. Long

    Pages 223-248

12. Immobilized Enzymes

    • Melvin H. Keyes, Seshaiyer Saraswathi

    Pages 249-278

13. Biomedical Polypeptides — A Wellspring of Pharmaceuticals

    • James Samanen

    Pages 279-344

14. Drug Delivery with Protein and Peptide Carriers

    • John M. Whiteley

    Pages 345-363

15. Biomedical Applications of Polysaccharides

    • Conrad Schuerch

    Pages 365-386

16. Interferon Induction by Polymers

    • Hilton B. Levy, Thomas Quinn

    Pages 387-415

17. Functionality and Applicability of Synthetic Nucleic Acid Analogues

    • Kiichi Takemoto

    Pages 417-433

18. Enzyme-Mimetic Polymers

    • Yukio Imanishi

    Pages 435-511

19. Bioactive Carboxylic Acid Polyanions

    • Raphael M. Ottenbrite

    Pages 513-529

20. Polymeric Antitumor Agents on a Molecular and Cellular Level

    • Klaus Dorn, Gerhard Hoerpel, Helmut Ringsdorf

    Pages 531-585

The vast array of libraries in the world bear mute witness to the truth of the 3000-year-old observation of King Solomon who stated " ... of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh." Yet books are an essential written record of our lives and the progress of science and humanity. Here is another book to add to this huge collection, but, hopefully, not just another collection of pages, but rather a book with a specific purpose to aid in alleviating the "weariness of the flesh" that could arise from much studying of other journals and books in order to obtain the basic information contained herein. This book is about polymeric materials and biological activity, as the title notes. Polymeric materials, in the broad view taken here, would include not only synthetic polymers (e.g., polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, polyesters, polyamides, etc.), but also the natural macromolecules (e.g., proteins, nucleic acids, polysaccharides) which compose natural tissues in humans, animals and plants. In the broad sense used here, biological activity is any type of such action whether it be in medication, pest control, plant-growth regu­ lation, and so on. In short, this book attempts to consider, briefly, the use of any type of polymeric material system with essentially any kind of biological activity.

• Absorption
• Chemical reaction
• Chemical synthesis
• Chlor
• Diffusion
• Polyamid
• adsorption
• biochemistry
• catalysis
• chemistry
• distribution
• molecule
• polymer
• protein
• toxicology

• Youngstown State University, Youngstown, USA

  Charles G. Gebelein

• Wright State University, Dayton, USA

  Charles E. Carraher

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