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Topical Nail Products and Ungual Drug Delivery
Contributor(s): Murthy, S. Narasimha (Editor), Maibach, Howard I. (Editor)
ISBN: 1439811296     ISBN-13: 9781439811290
Publisher: CRC Press
OUR PRICE:   $209.00  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: September 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Pharmacy
- Medical | Pharmacology
- Science | Chemistry - General
Dewey: 615.19
LCCN: 2012031355
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.31 lbs) 300 pages
 
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Discussing existing techniques, ongoing research, new approaches, and basic concepts in the treatment of nail diseases, Topical Nail Products and Ungual Drug Delivery summarizes the current knowledge and represents a jumping-off point for creating novel techniques of drug delivery across the nail.

A growing area of pharmaceutical research, the search for efficient delivery techniques that can cross the nail barrier has yielded several effective strategies, brought together in this book.

Topics Include

  • Nail anatomy, physiology, diseases, and treatment

  • Permeability of the nail plate

  • Topical nail formulations

  • Approaches to enhance ungual and trans-ungual drug delivery

  • In vitro and in vivo models to evaluate topical nail formulations

  • Nail sampling techniques

  • Bioengineering of the nail

  • Trans-ungual iontophoresis

  • Pharmacokinetics of drugs in the nail apparatus

  • Onychopharmacokinetics: proposed model insight

  • Photodynamic therapy of nail diseases

  • The nail as a surrogate for investigating drug use