In vitro drug permeation enhancement potential of aloe gel materials

Current Drug Delivery

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 297-304

  Lebitsa, Tebogo ^a   Viljoen, Alvaro ^a   Lu, Zhilei ^b   Hamman, Josias ^a,c  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b Elemental Health and BioPharmaceutical Tech Co Ltd   (China)

^c NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aloe ferox; Aloe marlothii; Aloe speciosa; Caco 2; Drug absorption enhancement; Rat intestinal tissue; Transepithelial electrical resistance

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE DEXTRAN;

ALOE; ALOE FEROX; ALOE MARLOTHII; ALOE SPECIOSA; ALOE VERA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG PENETRATION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 84860528245     PISSN: 15672018     EISSN: 18755704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156720112800389115     Document Type: Article

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