Development of essential oils as skin permeation enhancers: penetration enhancement effect and mechanism of action

Context: Essential oils (EOs) have shown the potential to reversibly overcome the stratum corneum (SC) barrier to enhance the skin permeation of drugs. Objective: The effectiveness of turpentine, Angelica, chuanxiong, Cyperus, cinnamon, and clove oils were investigated for the capacity and mechanism...

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Main Authors: Qiudong Jiang, Yeming Wu, Hui Zhang, Pei Liu, Junhong Yao, Peijun Yao, Jun Chen, Jinao Duan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-01-01
Series:Pharmaceutical Biology
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13880209.2017.1312464