RESUMO
Objective To explore the enhancement effect of N-trimethyl chitosan(TMC) on transdermal absorption of 8-methoxypsoralen-loaded liposomal(LMOP) gels in vitro.Methods TMC with quaternization degree of 60％ (TMC60) as the enhancer,the LMOP gels were prepared with free TMC60 or TMC60-coating.The enhancement of free TMC60 or TMC60-coating was studied by using Franz diffusion,cells with LMOP gels as the negative control and LMOP gels including 1％ Azone + propylene glycol as the positive control.Results Compared with the negative control,enhancement and drug amount in skin of LMOP gels with enhancer all showed significant difference (x2 =8.65,P ＜ 0.05),and the free TMC.60 was the best.Conclusion TMC can enhance the transdermal penetration of LMOP gels in vitro and is valuable to be studied further.