Why is sodium cocoyl isethionate (SCI) mild to the skin barrier? - An in vitro investigation based on the relative sizes of the SCI micelles and the skin aqueous pores

Journal of Cosmetic Science

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 229-244

  Ghosh, Saswata ^a   Blankschtein, Daniel ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCOYL ISETHIONATE; ISETHIONIC ACID; SURFACTANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; IMPEDANCE; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; SWINE;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; ISETHIONIC ACID; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; SWINE;

EID: 34548234904     PISSN: 15257886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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