Heena Farooqui

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, IFTM University, Moradabad, India

Publications

  • Review Article   
    A Review on Role of Essential Oil as Penetration Enhancer in Transdermal Drug Delivery System
    Author(s): Ataul Hasan26385 and Heena Farooqui26386*

    The use of essential oils and their constituents as skin penetration enhancers for transdermal drug delivery, as well as the mode of action and potential toxicity. Essential oils and their toxic components have the ability to penetrate the skin and improve the penetration of various drugs from topical formulations into the lower skin layers by various modes of action. (1) disintegration of the highly organised intercellular lipid structure between corneocytes in the Stratum Corneum, (2) association with the intercellular domain of proteins, causing conformational change, and (3) Increase a drug's partitioning essential oils and their components are easily metabolised, do not persist in the body, and are quickly excreted after application to the skin, indicating that they can be used as healthy penetration enhancers. Essential oils and their constituents can be preferable to synthe.. Read More»

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