Detailed modeling of skin penetration-An overview

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 191-207

  Naegel, Arne ^a   Heisig, Michael ^a   Wittum, Gabriel ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brick and mortar; Cuboid; Drug diffusion; Geometry models; Homogenization; Mathematical modeling; Numerical simulation; Skin; Stratum corneum; Tetrakaidekahedra

Indexed keywords

BRICK-AND-MORTAR; CUBOID; DRUG DIFFUSION; GEOMETRY MODEL; HOMOGENIZATION; STRATUM CORNEUM; TETRAKAIDEKAHEDRA;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAMMALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SKIN;

BIOLOGY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DERMIS; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DRUG BINDING; EPIDERMIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR SIZE; PHASE PARTITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SKIN PENETRATION; SKIN PERMEABILITY; STEADY STATE; STRATUM CORNEUM; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERMEABILITY; PROTEINS; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION;

EID: 84873526908     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: 18728294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2012.10.009     Document Type: Review

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