Università degli Studi di Parma
Dipartimento Farmaceutico

Laboratory of Permeation, Transdermal Systems and Iontophoresis


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The Laboratory of Permeation, Transdermal Systems and Iontophoresis offers the following expertise:

  • Transdermal delivery (enhancers, formulation effect)
  • Transdermal iontophoresis (mechanisms and applications)
  • Iontophoresis and colloidal carriers (nanoparticles, micelles, liposomes)
  • Mucosal delivery (buccal, nasal)
  • Permeation across cell cultures (CACO2 cell lines)
  • Dermal/Transdermal patches (realization of new drug delivery systems)
  • Formulation and evaluation of cosmetic products (gels, cream, ointments, hair colors ...)

Equipment:

  • Experimental methods
  • Dissolution/release from patches in vitro
  • Permeation across membrane
  • Iontophoresis equipment
  • Lab scale production of patches
  • Mechanical and adhesion characterization of patches
  • Cell culture facility
  • Analytical methods
  • HPLC/UV-Vis; HPLC/MS
  • FTIR; Micro FTIR
  • UV-Vis
  • DSC; TGA
  • Hot-stage microscopy
  • X diffraction

Managed by Patrizia Santi - last update 20-01-2006