Alternating current (AC) iontophoretic transport across human epidermal membrane: Effects of AC frequency and amplitude

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 616-624

  Yan, Guang ^a   Xu, Qingfang ^b   Anissimov, Yuri G ^c   Hao, Jinsong ^b   Higuchi, William I ^a   Li, S Kevin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

AC; Human skin; Iontophoresis; Transdermal; Transport

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; EPIDERMIS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IONTOPHORESIS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ARABINOSE; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROOSMOSIS; HUMANS; IONTOPHORESIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERMEABILITY; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 40549091350     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: 1573904X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11095-007-9405-2     Document Type: Article

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