Transdermal delivery offers several advantages in drug distribution,including convenience,painless administration,avoidance of first-pass metabolism,and ease of termination.However,the natural protective barriers of t...Transdermal delivery offers several advantages in drug distribution,including convenience,painless administration,avoidance of first-pass metabolism,and ease of termination.However,the natural protective barriers of the skin,such as the stratum cormeum,the topmost layer of skin,limit the systemic absorption of extermal therapeutics via transdermal delivery.Therefore,extensive application of transdermal delivery in medical treatment has been limited.Over the past few years,many formulation strategies and physical technologies,therefore,have been developed to enhance transdermal delivery.This review summarizes various formulation strategies pro-posed for transdermal delivery and their application in medical treatment.展开更多
基金Xiaowen Liu acknowledges support by the startup funding from Jinan University and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.11618337)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.81903546).
文摘Transdermal delivery offers several advantages in drug distribution,including convenience,painless administration,avoidance of first-pass metabolism,and ease of termination.However,the natural protective barriers of the skin,such as the stratum cormeum,the topmost layer of skin,limit the systemic absorption of extermal therapeutics via transdermal delivery.Therefore,extensive application of transdermal delivery in medical treatment has been limited.Over the past few years,many formulation strategies and physical technologies,therefore,have been developed to enhance transdermal delivery.This review summarizes various formulation strategies pro-posed for transdermal delivery and their application in medical treatment.