Transfersomes for transdermal drug delivery

Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 727-737

  Benson, Heather A E ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colloids; Elastic vesicles; Liposomes; Skin penetration enhancement; Ultradeformable vesicles

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN A; DEXAMETHASONE; DICLOFENAC; ESTRADIOL; FLUOROURACIL; GLYCYRRHIZATE DIPOTASSIUM; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IDEA 033; INSULIN; KETOPROFEN; LEVONORGESTREL; LIPOSOME; METHOTREXATE; NIOSOME; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID; TETANUS TOXOID; TRANSFENAC; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIDOVUDINE;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DERMATITIS; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG TARGETING; EDEMA; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PSORIASIS; REVIEW; SKIN PERMEABILITY; STRATUM CORNEUM; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LIPOSOMES; SKIN;

EID: 33751231999     PISSN: 17425247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17425247.3.6.727     Document Type: Review

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