Assessment of principal parabens used in cosmetics after their passage through human epidermis-dermis layers (ex-vivo study)

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 830-836

  El Hussein, Sawsan ^a   Muret, Patrice ^a,b   Berard, Michel ^b   Makki, Safwat ^a   Humbert, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

Author keywords

Cosmetic preparations; Franz cell; Hhuman skin fragments; Parabens; Percutaneous penetration

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; BUTYL PARABEN; COSMETIC; ETHYL PARABEN; METHYL PARABEN; PROPYL PARABEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPOPHILICITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN PENETRATION; SKIN TOXICITY; TOXICOKINETICS;

ADULT; COSMETICS; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARABENS; PERMEABILITY; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548486932     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: 16000625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2007.00625.x     Document Type: Article

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