Transdermal delivery of acyclovir sodium Via carbopol gels: Role of chemical permeation enhancers

Letters in Drug Design and Discovery

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 381-389

  Jukanti, Raju ^a   Mateti, Ashok ^a   Bandari, Suresh ^a   Veerareddy, Prabhakar R ^a  

^a St Peter's Institute of Pharm Sciences   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acyclovir sodium; Carbopol; Flux; Occlusivity; Permeation enhancers

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CARBOMER; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; LIMONENE; PENETRATION ENHANCING AGENT; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; TAUROGLYCOCHOLIC ACID; TRIETHANOLAMINE; WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG PENETRATION; GEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN PERMEABILITY; STEADY STATE; STRATUM CORNEUM; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79955969750     PISSN: 15701808     EISSN: 1875628X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157018011794839420     Document Type: Article

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