A two-layer diffusive model for describing the variability of transdermal drug permeation

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 513-517

  Meidan, Victor M ^a   Pritchard, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flux; Permeation; Skewness; Transdermal; Two layer model; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG PENETRATION; HYDROPHILICITY; LIPOPHILICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SKIN PERMEABILITY; STRATUM CORNEUM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; HUMANS; LIPID BILAYERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SKIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77649189117     PISSN: 09396411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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