In vitro skin penetration of clobetasol from lipid nanoparticles: drug extraction and quantitation in different skin layers

Clobetasol propionate (CP) is a potent topical corticosteroid that causes several cutaneous and systemic side effects. In the present work, CP was encapsulated in nanostructured lipid carriers (NLCs) to increase drug retention in the outer skin layers and improve the safety of topical therapy. NLCs...

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Main Authors: Luís Antônio Dantas Silva, Stephânia Fleury Taveira, Eliana Martins Lima, Ricardo Neves Marreto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2012-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502012000400025