Stratum corneum: An ideal osmometer?

Exogenous Dermatology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 339-349

  Pirot, Fabrice ^a   Falson, Françoise ^a   Pailler Mattéi, Cyril ^a   Maibach, Howard I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Octanol water partition coefficient; Osmotic pressure; Permeability coefficient; Skin hydration; Water holding capacity, stratum corneum

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; OCTANOL; WATER;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CORNEOOSMOMETER; EVAPORATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HYDRATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OSMOTIC STRESS; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SKIN WATER LOSS; STRATUM CORNEUM; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 33745273306     PISSN: 14244616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093798     Document Type: Review

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