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

• Main Authors: Qiudong Jiang (Author), Yeming Wu (Author), Hui Zhang (Author), Pei Liu (Author), Junhong Yao (Author), Peijun Yao (Author), Jun Chen (Author), Jinao Duan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...