Iontophoretic delivery of 5-aminolevulinic acid and its methyl ester using a carbopol gel as vehicle

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-65

  Merclin, Nadia ^a   Bramer, Tobias ^a   Edsman, Katarina ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aminolevulinic acid; Aminolevulinic acid methyl ester; Carbopol gel; Iontophoresis; Photodynamic therapy; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; DIFFUSION; ESTERS; GELS; RHEOLOGY; SKIN;

FLUX LEVEL; GEL FORMULATION; IONTOPHORESIS;

DRUG PRODUCTS;

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; CARBOMER; ESTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DRUG FORMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; FLOW KINETICS; IONTOPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; STRATUM CORNEUM;

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; ANIMALS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; GELS; IONTOPHORESIS; POLYVINYLS; SKIN; SWINE;

EID: 3042771830     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2004.04.010     Document Type: Article

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