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The effect of transdermal drug delivery patches on the stratum corneum : in vivo inspection with a handheld terahertz probe
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Hernandez-Serrano, A. I., Ding, Xuefei, Costa, Goncalo, Nurumbetov, Gabit , Haddleton, David M. and Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma (2024) The effect of transdermal drug delivery patches on the stratum corneum : in vivo inspection with a handheld terahertz probe. Biomedical Optics Express, 15 (5). pp. 3064-3075. doi:10.1364/BOE.513557 ISSN 2156-7085.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1364/BOE.513557
Abstract
Transdermal drug delivery patches are a good alternative to hypodermic drug injection. The drug delivery efficiency depends strongly on the hydration of the skin under treatment, and therefore, it is essential to study the effects on the skin induced by the application of these medical-grade patches. Terahertz (THz) spectroscopy shows great promise for non-invasive skin evaluation due to its high sensitivity to subtle changes in water content, low power and non-ionizing properties. In this work, we study the effects of transdermal drug delivery patches (three fully occlusive and three partially occlusive) applied on the upper arms of ten volunteers for a maximum period of 28 h. Three different levels of propylene glycol (0 %, 3 % and 6 %) are added to the patches as excipient. By performing multilayer analysis, we successfully retrieve the water content of the stratum corneum (SC) which is the outermost layer of skin, as well as its thickness at different times before and after applying the patches. This study demonstrates the potential of using THz sensing for non invasive skin monitoring and has wide applications for skin evaluation as well as the development of skin products.
Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Chemistry Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Physics |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Biomedical Optics Express | |||||||||||||||
Publisher: | Optical Society of America | |||||||||||||||
ISSN: | 2156-7085 | |||||||||||||||
Official Date: | 1 May 2024 | |||||||||||||||
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Volume: | 15 | |||||||||||||||
Number: | 5 | |||||||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 3064-3075 | |||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1364/BOE.513557 | |||||||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | |||||||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 23 February 2024 | |||||||||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 10 May 2024 | |||||||||||||||
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