Nanotechnology-based approaches for antitubercular drug delivery

• Main Authors: Darnis, Deny Susanti, Aminudin, Nurul Iman, Ismail, Mohamad Wafiuddin, Bakhtiar, M. Taher, Shafiee, Saiful 'Arifin, Danial, Wan Hazman, Hamzah, Nurasyikin,
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/98511/7/98511_Nanotechnology-based%20approaches%20for%20antitubercular.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/98511/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Tuberculosis (TB) is an old disease that may have coexisted with humans for at least 15,000 years before the Neolithic [1]. TB is a communicable disease caused by Mycobac- terium tuberculosis and it remains the deadliest infectious disease killing 60 million people since 2000 [2,3]. The disease can...