Transdermal delivery of hydrocortisone from eucalyptus oil microemulsion: Effects of cosurfactants

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 355, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 285-292

  El Maghraby, Gamal M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cosurfactants; Eucalyptus oil; Hydrocortisone; Transdermal microemulsion

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ALCOHOL; EUCALYPTUS OIL; HYDROCORTISONE; POLYSORBATE 80; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

ARTICLE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG SOLUBILITY; FLOW KINETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROEMULSION; MISCIBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PERMEABILITY; VISCOSITY;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EMULSIONS; EUCALYPTUS; EXCIPIENTS; HYDROCORTISONE; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYSORBATES; RABBITS; SKIN ABSORPTION; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 41349089679     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2007.12.022     Document Type: Article

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