Surface charged temoporfin-loaded flexible vesicles: In vitro skin penetration studies and stability

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 384, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 100-108

  Dragicevic Curic, Nina ^a   Gräfe, Susanna ^b   Gitter, Burkhard ^b   Winter, Sven ^c   Fahr, Alfred ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Biolitec AG   (Germany)

^c ratiopharm GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flexosomes; Liposomes; Percutaneous penetration; Skin; Temoporfin

Indexed keywords

DICETYL PHOSPHATE; LIPOSOME; OCTADECYLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; POLYSORBATE 20; TEMOPORFIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DISPERSION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTON CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PENETRATION; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; STRATUM CORNEUM; SURFACE CHARGE; THERMOSTABILITY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG STABILITY; HUMANS; LIPOSOMES; MESOPORPHYRINS; PLIABILITY; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 70649098157     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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