Fabrication of novel elastosomes for boosting the transdermal delivery of diacerein: statistical optimization, ex-vivo permeation, in-vivo skin deposition and pharmacokinetic assessment compared to oral formulation

Diacerein (DCN) is a hydrophobic osteoarthritis (OA) drug with short half-life and low oral bioavailability. Furthermore, DCN oral administration is associated with diarrhea which represents obstacle against its oral use. Hence, this article aimed at developing elastosomes (edge activator (EA)-based...

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Main Authors: Diana E. Aziz, Aly A. Abdelbary, Abdelhalim I. Elassasy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-01-01
Series:Drug Delivery
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10717544.2018.1451572