Elastic liposomes for topical and transdermal drug delivery

Current Drug Delivery

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 217-226

  Benson, Heather A E ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colloids; Drug carriers; Drug skin penetration enhancement; Elastic vesicles; Ethosomes; Liposomes; Niosomes; Transfersomes

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CYCLOSPORIN A; DEXAMETHASONE; DICLOFENAC; DRUG CARRIER; ESTRADIOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ETHOSOME; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; INSULIN; KETOPROFEN; KETOTIFEN; LEVONORGESTREL; LIPOSOME; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MELATONIN; METHOTREXATE; NIOSOME; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; TETANUS TOXOID; TRANSFENAC; TRANSFEROSOME; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIDOVUDINE;

DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; DRUG TRANSPORT; ELASTICITY; ENCAPSULATION; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYDROGEL; HYDROPHILICITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LAMELLAR BODY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OTITIS; PAW EDEMA; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN PENETRATION; STRATUM CORNEUM; TRANSPORT VESICLE;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; DRUG CARRIERS; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; LIPOSOMES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SKIN ABSORPTION;

EID: 67650079636     PISSN: 15672018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156720109788680813     Document Type: Review

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