Semi-solid Sucrose Stearate-Based Emulsions as Dermal Drug Delivery Systems

• Main Authors: Claudia Valenta (Author), Michael Wirth (Author), Nivine El-Hagin (Author), Nadejda Matsko (Author), Elham Rezvani (Author), Victoria Klang (Author), Julia C. Schwarz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2011-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Mild non-ionic sucrose ester surfactants can be employed to produce lipid-based drug delivery systems for dermal application. Moreover, sucrose esters of intermediate lipophilicity such as sucrose stearate S-970 possess a peculiar rheological behavior which can be employed to create highly viscous s...