Enhanced sonophoretic delivery of 5-aminolevulinic acid: Preliminary human ex vivo permeation data

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Krishnan, Gayathri ^a   Grice, Jeffrey E ^b   Roberts, Michael S ^b,c   Benson, Heather A E ^a   Prow, Tarl W ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Photodynamic therapy; Sonophoresis; Topical penetration; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

5-AMINOLEVULINATE; 5-AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; ACTINIC KERATOSIS; BARRIER FUNCTIONS; CUMULATIVE AMOUNT; DELIVERY DEVICE; DRUG LOAD; EX-VIVO; HUMAN SKIN; PERMEATION DATA; SENSITIVE AREA; SKIN CANCERS; SONOPHORESIS; TOPICAL PENETRATION; TRANSEPIDERMAL WATER LOSS; ULTRASONIC TREATMENTS; ULTRASOUND TREATMENTS;

DERMATOLOGY; DRUG DELIVERY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT;

ULTRASONICS;

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG PENETRATION; EX VIVO STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOTOPE LABELING; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; SKIN; SONOPHORESIS; ULTRASOUND; WATER LOSS;

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; DIFFUSION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOSIS, ACTINIC; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 84872142202     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2012.00640.x     Document Type: Article

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