Probing the permeation enhancement of mefenamic acid by ethanol across full-thickness skin, heat-separated epidermal membrane and heat-separated dermal membrane

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 349, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 323-325

  Heard, Charles M ^a   Screen, Cerian ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barrier; Complexation; Dermal membrane; Epidermal membrane; Ethanol; Full thickness skin; Mechanism; Mefenamic acid; Penetration enhancer; Pull effect; Skin; Stratum corneum

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CETRIMIDE; MACROGOL 400; MEFENAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL TYPE; DERMIS; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG SOLUBILITY; EPIDERMIS; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HEAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SWINE;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DERMIS; DIFFUSION CHAMBERS, CULTURE; ENTROPY; EPIDERMIS; ETHANOL; HUMANS; MEFENAMIC ACID; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SKIN ABSORPTION; SOLUBILITY; VEHICLES;

EID: 37349074682     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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