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Its Roles in Transdermal Drug Delivery

Asif Nawaz, Naaman Rahim Khan, and Tin Wui Wong = [Pg.557]

Universiti Teknologi MARA, 42300, PuncakAlam, Selangor, Malaysia CoRe Frontier Materials and Industiy Application, [Pg.557]

Human skin represents the largest organ, which is characterized by a surface area of 18,000 cm. It constitutes 4% of the total body weight. With a thickness of approximately 2 mm, the skin is about 10 to 10 times less permeable than blood capillary wall [Banga, 1998], Skin functions to protect the host from physical as well as chemical assault prevent excessive transepidermal water loss and dehydration and perform thermoregulation, sensing, and endocrine activity [Menon, 2002 Fartasch, 1996 Labrie et al., 2001], [Pg.557]

Skin is composed of different layers epidermis [the uppermost], dermis, and hypodermis [Fig. 16.1] [Labrie et al., 2001], [Pg.557]

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