Macromol. Biosci. 4/2018

Inside Front Cover: The cover picture illustrates the feasibility of developing functional materials from food that can be used in the development of targeted controlled release delivery systems. Starch, a polysaccharide obtained from common food sources such as potato and corn have been modified in such a way that it can withstand the low pH in the stomach and be degraded selectively by the enzymes in the small or large intestine. This starch is used as a coating layer over the chitosan nanoparticles in which the active ingredients are encapsulated. The work explains the fabrication of the delivery system and the release kinetics of the active ingredient from the delivery system in different simulated gastro intestinal fluids. This is reported by Kaarunya Sampathkumar and Say Chye Joachim Loo, article number 1700363.