Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Products for Topical Administration: Pharmaceutical Monographs (Pharmaceutical monographs, v. 9)

Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Products for Topical Administration, Volume 9 provides the product characteristics, formulation, and rationale of topical therapeutic preparations. The book attempts to take the reader logically from the physiological and pathological aspects through to the reasoning behind topical medication. The text discusses such topics as the physiology and structure of the skin; the differential diagnosis of various skin diseases; the theoretical basis of emulsion technology; and the mechanism of percutaneous absorption. Undergraduate students and teachers of pharmacy and allied subjects will find the monograph very useful. Content: PHARMACEUTICAL MONOGRAPHS , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv GENERAL PREFACE , Page v PREFACE TO VOLUME 9 , Pages vii-viii CHAPTER 1 - FUNCTIONS OF THE INTEGUMENT , Pages 5-54 CHAPTER 2 - CUTANEOUS PERMEABILITY 46, 47 , Pages 55-65 CHAPTER 3 - SKIN SENSITIVITY AND NON-SPECIFIC IRRITATION , Pages 66-72 CHAPTER 4 - PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN THE SKIN , Pages 73-74,74a,74b,75-82 CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION , Pages 91-107 CHAPTER 2 - VEHICLES FOR DERMATOLOGICAL PRODUCTS , Pages 108-132 CHAPTER 3 - COSMETIC PREPARATIONS , Pages 133-161 CHAPTER 4 - TECHNOLOGY OF TOPICAL APPLICATIONS , Pages 162-185 CHAPTER 5 - USE AND SAFETY OF TOPICAL PREPARATIONS , Pages 186-196 CHAPTER 6 - PACKAGING OF TOPICAL PREPARATIONS , Pages 197-213 REFERENCES , Pages 83-84 BOOKS FOR FURTHER READING , Page 85 Recommended for Further Reading , Page 214 INDEX , Pages 215-222