Histological evaluation of hair follicle due to papain's depilatory effect

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 335, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 163-166

  Traversa, Eduardo ^a   Machado Santelli, Gláucia Maria ^a   Velasco, Maria Valéria Robles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hair follicle; Hirsutism; Mice; Papain; Topical drug delivery

Indexed keywords

CARBOMER 940; DRUG VEHICLE; EDETATE DISODIUM; METHYLPRABEN; MINERAL OIL; PAPAIN; PROPYL PARABEN; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; STABILIZING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; WAX;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDERMIS; ESTHETIC SURGERY; GEL; HAIR FOLLICLE; HIRSUTISM; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; VASODILATATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRUG COMPOUNDING; EPIDERMIS; GELS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR REMOVAL; HIRSUTISM; MALE; MICE; OINTMENTS; PAPAIN;

EID: 33947601948     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2007.01.020     Document Type: Article

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