Contribution of lipid components to the permeability barrier of oral mucosa

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 107-120

  Ganem Quintanar, A ^a   Falson Rieg, F ^a,b   Buri, P ^a,c  

^a Universities of Geneva and Lyon   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Lipids; Oral mucosa; Permeation enhancers; Phase transition; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; DRUG; FATTY ACID; MEMBRANE LIPID; PHOSPHOLIPID; STEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

DIFFUSION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG PENETRATION; HUMAN; KERATINIZATION; LIPID COMPOSITION; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MOUTH MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PHASE TRANSITION; REVIEW;

EID: 0031392072     PISSN: 09396411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0939-6411(97)00080-5     Document Type: Review

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