The pretreatment effect of chemical skin penetration enhancers in transdermal drug delivery using iontophoresis

Skin Pharmacology and Applied Skin Physiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 326-335

  Choi, Eung Ho ^a   Lee, Seung Hun ^b   Ahn, Sung Ku ^a   Hwang, Sang Min ^a  

^a Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chemical enhancer; Electron microscope; Insulin; Iontophoresis; Skin barrier impairment; Transdermal drug delivery

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LINOLEIC ACID; LIPID; OLEIC ACID; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; SKIN LIPID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG PENETRATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; IONTOPHORESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SKIN PENETRATION; SKIN WATER LOSS; STRATUM CORNEUM; TRANSDERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; EXCIPIENTS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; IONTOPHORESIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED HRS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RABBITS; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0032720359     PISSN: 14222868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029894     Document Type: Article

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