Lecithin organogels as drug and cosmetics carriers

Epitheorese Klinikes Farmakologias kai Farmakokinetikes

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 199-204

  Avramiotis, S ^a   Protopapa, E ^b   Xenakis, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cosmetics; Lecithin organogels; Pharmaceutical products

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; DRUG CARRIER; ISOOCTANE; MYRISTIC ACID ISOPROPYL ESTER; OCTANE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PALMITIC ACID ISOPROPYL ESTER; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; GEL; ORGANOGEL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; VISCOSITY; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 24744435947     PISSN: 10116575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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