| Literature DB >> 3233015 |
W R Kock1, B Berner, J L Burns, D L Bissett.
Abstract
A zwitterionic surfactant, 6-eicosyldimethyl ammoniohexanoate (C20AH), completely disaggregates stratum corneum into individual cells. The cells can be cast into a film of reconstituted stratum corneum (RSC). Such films prepared from pig and human skin mimic intact human stratum corneum in microscopic, mechanical, and barrier evaluations. The films are useful as model membranes for skin transport experiments.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 3233015 DOI: 10.1007/bf00513965
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arch Dermatol Res ISSN: 0340-3696 Impact factor: 3.017