Pre-treatment with Aloe vera juice does not enhance the in vitro permeation of ketoprofen across skin

Skin Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 113-116

  Ballam, L ^a   Heard, C M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aloe vera; Ketoprofen; Transdermal delivery

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA JUICE; KETOPROFEN; MACROGOL 400; PENETRATION ENHANCING AGENT; TEA TREE OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASSAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PERMEABILITY;

ALOE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIFFUSION CHAMBERS, CULTURE; EXCIPIENTS; KETOPROFEN; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; SWINE; TEA TREE OIL;

EID: 72049097718     PISSN: 16605527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000265682     Document Type: Article

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