Microemulsion based transdermal drug delivery of tea tree oil

International Journal of Drug Development and Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 191-198

  Sonia, Khokhra ^a   Anupama, Diwan ^a  

^a Hindu College of Pharmacy   (India)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Microemulsion; Psoriasis; Tea tree oil; Transdermal delivery

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; MYRISTIC ACID ISOPROPYL ESTER; POLYSORBATE; SURFACTANT; TEA TREE OIL; TERPINEN 4 OL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG FORMULATION; FLOW KINETICS; MELALEUCA; MICROEMULSION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PH; PSORIASIS; RAT; SKIN; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEA; TURNOVER TIME; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79955917576     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09759344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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