Hair follicles contribute significantly to penetration through human skin only at times soon after application as a solvent deposited solid in man

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 768-774

  Liu, Xin ^a   Grice, Jeff E ^a   Lademann, Juergen ^b   Otberg, Nina ^b   Trauer, Sindy ^b   Patzelt, Alexa ^b   Roberts, Michael S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hair follicle; Human skin penetration

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG PENETRATION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SKIN PENETRATION; STRATUM CORNEUM;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; SOLVENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80053895329     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2011.04022.x     Document Type: Article

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