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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-2-12
pubmed:abstractText
The passage of a drug through the skin is directly proportional to the concentration of the drug in the donor phase and to the permeability coefficient constant Kp. Kp is determined essentially by two factors: the dissolution of the drug in the stratum corneum (measured by the partition coefficient P) and the diffusion in the same stratum (measured by the diffusion constant D). In our study, several saturated solutions of ketoprofen in mixtures of a pH 6.5 phosphate buffer and various co-solvents were studied to find correlations between the solubility of the ketoprofen in the mixtures and its permeation parameters in in vitro permeation studies with Franz cells. The results show that D does not change in the different mixtures; the diffusion of the drug into the stratum corneum is not influenced by the presence of the co-solvents, whereas the partition coefficient is strongly influenced. In particular, Kp and P were found to be inversely proportional to solubility, meaning that when the co-solvent increases the solubility, the partition of the drug and consequently Kp decrease. These findings were confirmed in some developed gels, and the developed gels were found to enhance the ketoprofen permeation with respect to the formulation in a commercial Fastum gel.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1071-7544
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
39-45
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11839207-Administration, Cutaneous, pubmed-meshheading:11839207-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11839207-Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal, pubmed-meshheading:11839207-Biological Transport, pubmed-meshheading:11839207-Buffers, pubmed-meshheading:11839207-Cell Membrane Permeability, pubmed-meshheading:11839207-Delayed-Action Preparations, pubmed-meshheading:11839207-Diffusion, pubmed-meshheading:11839207-Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, pubmed-meshheading:11839207-Ketoprofen, pubmed-meshheading:11839207-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11839207-Permeability, pubmed-meshheading:11839207-Pharmaceutical Vehicles, pubmed-meshheading:11839207-Phosphates, pubmed-meshheading:11839207-Skin, pubmed-meshheading:11839207-Solubility, pubmed-meshheading:11839207-Swine, pubmed-meshheading:11839207-Time Factors
pubmed:articleTitle
Correlation between the transdermal permeation of ketoprofen and its solubility in mixtures of a pH 6.5 phosphate buffer and various solvents.
pubmed:affiliation
Pharmaceutical Sciences Department, Bologna University, Bologna, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro