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Topical Nail Products and Ungual Drug Delivery 1st edition
Topical Nail Products and Ungual Drug Delivery
Discussing existing techniques, ongoing research, new approaches, and basic concepts in the treatment of nail diseases, Topical Nail Products and Ungual Drug Delivery summarizes the current knowledge and represents a jumping-off point for creating novel techniques of drug delivery across the nail.
A growing area of pharmaceutical research, the search for efficient delivery techniques that can cross the nail barrier has yielded several effective strategies, brought together in this book.
Topics Include
Permeability of the nail plate
Topical nail formulations
Approaches to enhance ungual and trans-ungual drug delivery
In vitro and in vivo models to evaluate topical nail formulations
Nail sampling techniques
Bioengineering of the nail
Trans-ungual iontophoresis
Pharmacokinetics of drugs in the nail apparatus
Onychopharmacokinetics: proposed model insight
Photodynamic therapy of nail diseases
The nail as a surrogate for investigating drug use
282 pages, 74 black & white illustrations, 37 colour illustrations, 13 black & white tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | September 26, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9781439811290 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Inc |
| Pages | 300 |
| Dimensions | 162 × 238 × 21 mm · 576 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Maibach, Howard I. |
| Editor | Murthy, S Narasimha |