Effect of DC/mDC iontophoresis and terpenes on transdermal permeation of methotrexate: In vitro study

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 333, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 70-78

  Prasad, R ^a,b   Koul, V ^a,b   Anand, S ^a,b   Khar, R K ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

ATR FTIR; DC mDC iontophoresis; Methotrexate; Skin histopathology; Terpenes

Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDE; ACRYLIC ACID; ALCOHOL; LIMONENE; MENTHOL; METHOTREXATE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; TERPENE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG PENETRATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IONTOPHORESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STRATUM CORNEUM; TRANSDERMAL PATCH;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; CYCLOHEXANOLS; CYCLOHEXENES; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DIFFUSION CHAMBERS, CULTURE; DRUG CARRIERS; ETHANOL; IONTOPHORESIS; LIPIDS; MENTHOL; METHOTREXATE; MICE; MONOTERPENES; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PERMEABILITY; PROTEINS; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TERPENES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847144941     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2006.09.058     Document Type: Article

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