*Plant Gum Based Drug Carriers DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.104399*

and also significantly reduce the adverse effects of drug uptake. That's why gum-based nano formulations for creating drug carriers have attracted a lot of attention [6].

The important tree exudate gums available on the market are as follows: gum Arabic (GA), gum Karaya (GK), gum Tragacanth (GT), Kondagogu gum (KG), gum Ghatti (GG), and gum Guar. **Figure 1** demonstrates the images related to the four of these famous plant gums. There also are several ways within which plant gum nanoparticles are created including mixing and agitation in a controlled environment, Microwave (MW)-assisted technique, ultrasonic irradiation, etc. The biosynthesis of nanoparticles, nanofibers, and composites for supported tree gums would be very beneficial within the pursuit of relevance to medication for various health issues.

The purpose of this chapter is to review the beneficial medical aspects of these plant gum-based drug carriers. There are several researches that have been done in order to show the advantages of these substances in infection and illness treatment. Various plant gums and routines have been used in order to create nanoparticles with minimum side effects which will be discussed in this chapter.
