Fluidity enhancement: A critical factor for performance of liposomal transdermal drug delivery system

Journal of Liposome Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 83-89

  Sharma, Vipin Kumar ^a   Sarwa, Khomendra Kumar ^b   Mazumder, Bhaskar ^b  

^a GURUKUL KANGRI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Fluidizing agents; Lipid bilayer; Lipid vesicles

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; LIPID; LIPOSOME; NIOSOME; PENETRATION ENHANCING AGENT; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYCARBONATE; STEARIC ACID; SURFACTANT; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

BILAYER MEMBRANE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DRUG PENETRATION; ELASTICITY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FLUIDIZATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID VESICLE; LIPOSOMAL DELIVERY; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN PENETRATION; STRATUM CORNEUM; TRANSDERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDERMIS; HAIRLESS MOUSE; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERMEABILITY; SKIN ABSORPTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; DIFFUSION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ELASTICITY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EPIDERMIS; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MICE, HAIRLESS; PERMEABILITY; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; SKIN ABSORPTION; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84903774851     PISSN: 08982104     EISSN: 15322394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08982104.2013.847956     Document Type: Review

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