Relative uptake of minoxidil into appendages and stratum corneum and permeation through human skin in vitro

Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 712-718

  Grice, Jeffrey E ^a   Ciotti, Susan ^b,d   Weiner, Norman ^c   Lockwood, Peter ^b,e   Cross, Sheree E ^a   Roberts, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d NanoBio Corporation   (United States)

^e PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption; Formulation vehicle; Membrane transport; Passive diffusion; Skin; Transdermal drug delivery

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CYANOACRYLATE; DRUG VEHICLE; MINOXIDIL; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG RETENTION; DRUG UPTAKE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SKIN APPENDAGE; SKIN PENETRATION; STRATUM CORNEUM;

EID: 74049132487     PISSN: 00223549     EISSN: 15206017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jps.21856     Document Type: Article

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