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Percutaneous absorption of cyclizine and its alkyl analogues
(North-West University, 2003)
Percutaneous delivery of drugs promises many advantages over oral or intravenous
administration, such as a better control of blood levels, a reduced incidence of systemic
toxicity, an absence of hepatic first-pass ...
Withania somnifera as a topical anti-melanoma agent
(North-West University (South Africa), 2016)
In recent years people have become more attuned to the use of natural products for medicinal purposes as the belief is that natural products have fewer side effects. While it is true that natural products have medicinal ...
Skin delivery of selected hydrophilic drugs used in the treatment of skin diseases associated with HIV/AIDS by using elastic liposomes
(North-West University, 2003)
Due to the immuncompromised status of AIDS patients, secondary infections and malignancies are common. Conditions secondary to AIDS for which patients require treatment include Karposi's sarcoma (treated with methotrexate), ...
Transdermal penetration of acyclovir in the presence and absence of terpenes
(North-West University, 2003)
Acyclovir is an antiviral drug used in the treatment and prevention of herpes simplex and varicella-zoster viral infections. The major problem in the transdermal delivery of acyclovir is the permeation in sufficient amounts ...
A retrospective analysis of the usage patterns of antiretroviral drugs : a pharmacoeconomic approach
(North-West University, 2008)
More people living with HIV/AIDS reside in South Africa than any other country in the world, and the nation faces colossal challenges in broadening its response to the now-mature and widespread HIV epidemic (WHO, 2005:1). ...
Pheroid technology for the topical delivery of insulin growth factor 1 (IGF-1), keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)
(North-West University, 2009)
The biotechnological era is here and many peptides and proteins are being used as part of
drug therapy. They are, however, not very stable and do not have the physicochemical
properties that allow for oral or topical ...
Synthesis and transdermal permeation of lamivudine derivatives
(North-West University, 2009)
The skin is the organ of the body that comes in contact with the outer environment. This means
that it has certain functions like protecting the body from excessive water loss and inhibiting the
entry of potentially ...
The effect of selected natural oils on the permeation of flurbiprofen through human skin
(North-West University, 2012)
In pharmaceutical sciences, topical delivery is a transport process of an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) from a formulated dosage form to the target site of action. For most topical delivery systems, the skin ...
Formulation and topical delivery of lidocaine and prilocaine with the use of Pheroid™ technology
(North-West University, 2012)
Local anaesthetics are used regularly in the medical world for a variety of different procedures. Topical anaesthetics are used largely in minor skin breaking procedures, laceration repair and minor surgical procedures ...
The implementation of the delivery gap principle to develop an effective transdermal delivery system for caffeine
(2013)
Caffeine is frequently used in cosmetics due to its well-characterised skin permeation properties and is widely incorporated in cosmetic-related products intended for skin (Samah & Heard, 2013:631). Despite its polar ...