Progress of mathematical modeling for trandermal drug absorption / 中国药理学通报

Transdermal drug delivery is an administration route which can avoid the first-pass effect,maintain steady plasma concentrations and enhance bioavailability. Drug transporting through the skin by passage through the stratum corneum leads to the viable epidermis and the dermis.With the development of the computer technology,many mathematical models for predic-ting the absorption of drugs have been built according to physical and chemical properties of drugs and physiological characteristics of each skin layer.This article presented provides a summary of the progress of mathematical models for predicting percutaneous absorption of drugs.