Skin Delivery Systems: Transdermals, Dermatologicals, and Cosmetic Actives

Current interest in drug delivery technologies is exceedingly high.Similarly, a recent upsurge in consumer awareness of the potentialantiaging and antiwrinkling benefits of natural products andbotanicals has spurred a revolution in the cosmetic industry forbetter skin care delivery technologies, both to preserve inherentactivity as well as to enhance their benefits through novelformulation and delivery methods. With these considerations in mind, Skin Delivery Systems: Transdermals, Dermatologicals and Cosmetic Actives brings togetherthe emerging fields of cosmetic actives with new advances in skindelivery technologies and provides a methodical and systematicexplanation of technologies used to transport pharmaceuticals andcosmetic actives through the skin's barriers. After reviewing thebasic principles of dermatology and skin penetration, the referencedescribes and explains the most current methods of transdermaltransport. Coverage includes new materials, such as amphiphilicpolymers; new formulation methods, such as miniemulsions; andvariations on technologies such as sonophoresis and iontophoresis.The authors also show the connections between skin penetration anda variety of active substances, including specializedpharmaceuticals and natural and botanical ingredients used incosmetics. The book presents critical empirical data and designinformation intended to assist researchers, product developers, andtesters in the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813808480
• ISBN13: 9780813808482
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.2" x 10.0"