Transdermal microemulsions of Glycyrrhiza glabra L.: Characterization, stability and evaluation of antioxidant potential

Drug Delivery

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 130-139

  Mostafa, Dina M ^a   Ammar, Nagwa M ^a   Abd El Alim, Sameh H ^a   El Anssary, Amira A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Glycyrrhiza glabra; Microemulsion; Stability; Transdermal

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FLAVONOID; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; THIOBARBITURIC ACID;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STABILITY; EX VIVO STUDY; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROEMULSION; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOME; VISCOSITY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; DRUG STABILITY; EMULSIONS; GLYCYRRHIZA; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RHIZOME; SKIN ABSORPTION;

EID: 84896888056     PISSN: 10717544     EISSN: 15210464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10717544.2013.834419     Document Type: Article

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