Equilibrium water content in native vernix and its cellular component

Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 985-994

  Tansirikongkol, Anyarporn ^a   Hoath, Steven B ^b   Pickens, William L ^b   Visscher, Marty O ^b   Wickett, R Randall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydration; Sorption isotherm; Stratum corneum (SC); Vernix caseosa; Water

Indexed keywords

LIPID; WATER;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL STRUCTURE; CORNEOCYTE; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG FORMULATION; FETUS (ANATOMY); HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMIDIFIER; NEWBORN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN CARE; SKIN CELL; SKIN SURFACE; STRATUM CORNEUM; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER CONTENT; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 39749103070     PISSN: 00223549     EISSN: 15206017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jps.21027     Document Type: Article

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