Pretreatment effects of moxibustion on the skin permeation of FITC-dextran

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 354, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 117-125

  Cao, Dianxiu ^a   Kitamura, Toshihiko ^a   Todo, Hiroaki ^a   Yoo, Sun Dong ^b   Sugibayashi, Kenji ^a  

^a JOSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Moxibustion; Permeation enhancement; Protein leaching; Skin barrier impairment; Skin permeation; Skin temperature

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE DEXTRAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; HYDROPHILICITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOXIBUSTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; GINGER; MALE; MOXIBUSTION; PAPER; PERMEABILITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 40849106785     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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