Properties of ceramides and their impact on the stratum corneum structure: A review: Part 1: Ceramides

Skin Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 220-229

  Wartewig, S ^a   Neubert, R H H ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ceramides; Differential scanning calorimetry; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Fourier transform Raman spectroscopy; Polymorphism; Stratum corneum; Thermotropic and lyotropic properties; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; CRYSTALLIN; FATTY ACID; HYDROCARBON; PHYTOSPHINGOSINE; SPHINGOSINE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN STRUCTURE; STRATUM CORNEUM; TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CERAMIDES; CRYSTALLIZATION; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 34548156506     PISSN: 16605527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000104420     Document Type: Conference Paper

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