Chemical enhancement of percutaneous absorption in relation to stratum corneum structural alterations

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-161

  Marjukka Suhonen, T ^a,c   A Bouwstra, Joke ^b   Urtti, Arto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Lipid layers; Penetration enhancers; Permeability; Skin; Stratum corneum

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FATTY ACID; FATTY ALCOHOL; LAUROCAPRAM; PENETRATION ENHANCING AGENT; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; WATER;

CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIPID COMPOSITION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN ABSORPTION; STRATUM CORNEUM; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0032956744     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-3659(98)00187-4     Document Type: Article

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