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Objective To compare the percutaneous absorption of experimentally prepared mupirocin ointment and commercially sold mupirocin ointment, and to study the dynamics mode of transdermal absorption of mupirocin ointment. Methods Inerstil ODS-SP column (4.6 mm× 150 mm,5 μm) was used with a mixture of 0.1 mol·L-1 sodium dihydrogen phosphate buffer solution (pH value was adjusted to 6.3 by 0.1 mol·L-1 sodium hydroxide solution) and acetonitrile (75:25) as a mobile phase by HPLC.The detection wavelength was set at 230 nm.The flow rate was 1.0 mL·min-1 .Improved Franz type diffusion cells were used for in vitro permeation studies and excised Obama Suckling pig skins in vitro were used as the transdermal barrier.The concentration of the receptor solution was determined by HPLC to investigate its cumulative permeation quantities at different time and the two sets of ointment were compared. Results The average recovery rate of hydrophilic medium was 99.4％,and RSD was 1.2％(n= 9).The average recovery rate of lipophilic medium was 99.0％,and RSD was 1.3％(n= 9).There was no significant difference of the concentration between two ointment within 12 h.The osmotic release of the drug of the sample and the reference preparation, which were in hydrophilic medium, was similar to that of the Zero equation, and roughly Higuchi equation in the lipophilic medium. Conclusion The results showed that the release behavior of mupirocin ointment followed Zero equation in the hydrophilic medium,and Higchi equation in the lipophilic medium.