Abstract
Pulmonary diseases impose an immense burden on global health. Asthma,
cystic and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension, lung cancer, and
chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) are among the diseases that require
efficient pulmonary drug delivery. Targeted-drug delivery refers to the delivery of a drug
or a therapeutic agent to a certain tissue or organ; this can be achieved through pulmonary
drug delivery (PDD) with nanomaterials. Nanomaterials are made from polymers,
ceramics, metals, and biological materials into different sizes and structures.
Nanomaterials for PDD entail nanoparticles of therapeutic ingredients, including herbalbased drugs and nanocarriers of the therapeutic bioactive substance. These types of
materials used in managing pulmonary diseases are discussed in this chapter.
Keywords: Nanocarrier, Nanomaterial, Nanoparticle, Pulmonary diseases, Pulmonary drug delivery.