Transdermal Delivery of Timolol and Atenolol Using Electroporation and Iontophoresis in Combination: A Mechanistic Approach

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1946-1951

  Denet, Anne Rose ^a   Ucakar, Bernard ^a   Préat, Véronique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

blockers; Electroosmosis; Electroporation; Iontophoresis; Transdermal drug delivery

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MANNITOL; TIMOLOL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROOSMOSIS; ELECTROPORATION; ELECTROTRANSFORMATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONTOPHORESIS; LIPOPHILICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ABSORPTION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ATENOLOL; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROPORATION; HUMANS; IONTOPHORESIS; LIPIDS; MANNITOL; OSMOSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TIMOLOL;

EID: 0348107307     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PHAM.0000008041.86042.c0     Document Type: Article

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