Bioconversion of estradiol esters in the skin of various animal models in vitro

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 253-258

  Yamada, Kayoko ^a   Tojo, Kakuji ^a  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enzyme distribution; Estradiol; Estradiol esters; Prodrug; Skin metabolism; Transdermal delivery

Indexed keywords

DRUG METABOLITE; DYFLOS; ESTER DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL DERIVATIVE; PRODRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SKIN PENETRATION;

EID: 0031402136     PISSN: 09396411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0939-6411(97)00060-X     Document Type: Article

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