Rapid human skin permeation and topical anaesthetic activity of a new amethocaine microemulsion

Skin Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 294-300

  Escribano, E ^a   Obach, M ^a   Arevalo M I ^a   Calpena, A C ^a   Domenech, J ^a   Queralt, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Human skin permeation; Hyperalgesia; Microemulsion; Pain; Rat; Topical amethocaine

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; CARRAGEENAN; TETRACAINE;

ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DRUG FORMULATION; EDEMA; GEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MICROEMULSION; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN PERMEABILITY;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; CARRAGEENAN; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; EDEMA; EMULSIONS; FEMALE; GELS; HEAT; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; PERMEABILITY; RATS; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TETRACAINE; TOUCH;

EID: 27344445645     PISSN: 16605527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088407     Document Type: Article

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