'Keratolytic' properties of benzoyl peroxide and retinoic acid resemble salicylic acid in man

Skin Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 283-289

  Waller, J M ^a,b   Dreher, F ^a   Behnam, S ^a   Ford, C ^a   Lee, C ^a   Tiet, T ^a   Weinstein, G D ^b   Maibach, H I ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesive tape stripping; Protein assay; Skin physiology; Stratum corneum cohesion; Stratum corneum quantification; Transepidermal water loss

Indexed keywords

BENZOYL PEROXIDE; KERATOLYTIC AGENT; RETINOIC ACID; SALICYLIC ACID; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ACNE; ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMEDO; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOLYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN PENETRATION; SKIN WATER LOSS; STRATUM CORNEUM;

ADULT; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; BODY WATER; HUMANS; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; MIDDLE AGED; SALICYLIC ACID; SKIN; TRETINOIN;

EID: 33748291521     PISSN: 16605527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093984     Document Type: Article

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