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Published on: September 6, 2012
Xenon as a transdermal enhancer for niacinamide in Strat-M™ membranes
Evgeny Petrov1, Alexander Verkhovskiy1
1Laboratory of Biochemistry of Transport Systems, Faculty of Innovative Technologies, National Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russian Federation.
Abstract:
Xenon is confirmed to diffuse readily through membranes and has properties of transdermal enhancer. In this study, the ability of xenon to regulate the transdermal diffusion of niacinamide was investigated using a model of an artificial skin analogue of Strat-M™ membranes in Franz cells. Based on the data obtained, we found that in the simplified biophysical model of Strat-M™ membranes xenon exerts its enhancer effect based on the heterogeneous nucleation of xenon at the interfaces in the microporous structures of Strat-M™ membranes.
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