Dermal Peptide Delivery Using Colloidal Carrier Systems

• Published in: Skin pharmacology and physiology Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 3 - 9
• Main Authors: Goebel, Alexandra, Neubert, Reinhard H.H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 01.01.2008
• Subjects: Administration, Cutaneous; Animals; Colloids; Dermis - chemistry; Dermis - drug effects; Dermis - metabolism; Drug Carriers - administration & dosage; Drug Carriers - chemistry; Drug Delivery Systems - methods; Emulsions; Humans; Peptides - administration & dosage; Peptides - chemistry; Review; Skin Absorption - drug effects; Skin Absorption - physiology; Colloidal carrier; Microemulsion; Solubilization; Dermal drug delivery; Peptide; Biopharmaceutics

The advancement in synthetic and molecular biology techniques over the past years has resulted in the application of peptides or peptide-like drugs becoming a growing field in therapeutics. Because of the unfavorable chemical properties of peptides, it poses a challenge to find an optimized way of d...