Infected nail plate model made of human hair keratin for evaluating the efficacy of different topical antifungal formulations against Trichophyton rubrum in vitro

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 599-605

  Lusiana, ^a   Reichl, Stephan ^a   Müller Goymann, Christel C ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bovine hoof; Keratin; Nail plate model; Onychomycosis; Topical antifungal formulation; Trichophyton rubrum

Indexed keywords

AMOROLFINE; CICLOPIROXOLAMINE; CLOTRIMAZOLE; KERATIN; TERBINAFINE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; HAIR; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRUG DESIGN; HAIR; HOOF AND CLAW; HUMANS; KERATINS; KERATINS, HAIR-SPECIFIC; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NAPHTHALENES; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PERMEABILITY; POLOXAMER; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 84879089193     PISSN: 09396411     EISSN: 18733441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2013.01.015     Document Type: Article

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