Investigation of properties of human epidermal membrane under constant conductance alternating current iontophoresis

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-46

  Zhu, Honggang ^a   Peck, Kendall D ^b   Miller, David J ^c   Liddell, Mark R ^a   Yan, Guang ^a   Higuchi, William I ^a   Li, S Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY IDAHO   (United States)

^c Aciont Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Constant conductance; Flux variability; Human epidermal membrane; Iontophoresis; Transdermal

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; SKIN;

DIRECT CURRENT (DC);

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES;

MANNITOL; UREA;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT CURRENT; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG UPTAKE; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IONTOPHORESIS; ISOTOPE LABELING; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN PERMEABILITY;

EID: 0037437031     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-3659(03)00032-4     Document Type: Article

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