An overview of skin penetration enhancers: penetration enhancing activity, skin irritation potential and mechanism of action

Transdermal drug delivery has attracted considerable attention over the past 2-3 decades in regard of its many potentialadvantages. However, the role of the skin as a protective barrier renders skin absorption of most drugs problematic. Therefore,skin penetration enhancers are frequently used in the...

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Main Author: Sarunyoo Songkro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Prince of Songkla University 2009-08-01
Series:Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST)
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Online Access:http://www.rdoapp.psu.ac.th/html/sjst/journal/31-3/0125-3395-31-3-299-321.pdf