Ex vivo skin absorption of terpenes from Vicks VapoRub® ointment

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Cal, Krzysztof ^a   Sopala, Monika ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Skin absorption; Skin penetration; Stratum corneum; Terpenes; Vicks VapoRub

Indexed keywords

BETA PINENE; CAMPHOR; CINEOLE; MENTHOL; PINENE; TERPENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CIRCULATION; DERMIS; DIFFUSION CHAMBER; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG PENETRATION; EPIDERMIS; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LIQUID; OINTMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SAMPLE; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; STRATUM CORNEUM; TIME;

ADULT; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS; CADAVER; CAMPHOR; CYCLOHEXANOLS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTHOL; MIDDLE AGED; MONOTERPENES; OINTMENTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SKIN ABSORPTION; TERPENES;

EID: 50249147926     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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