Natural oils affect the human skin integrity and the percutaneous penetration of benzoic acid dose-dependently

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 575-581

  Nielsen, Jesper B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOIC ACID; CARBON 14; COSMETIC; EUCALYPTUS OIL; NATURAL OIL; OIL; PEPPERMINT OIL; TEA TREE OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG PENETRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN PENETRATION; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SKIN PROTECTION;

ADULT; BENZOIC ACID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EUCALYPTUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; TEA TREE OIL; TIME FACTORS; TRITIUM; WATER;

EUCALYPTUS; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA; MENTHA X PIPERITA;

EID: 33646715896     PISSN: 17427835     EISSN: 17427843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2006.pto_388.x     Document Type: Article

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