Skin patches for more medicines? Some large molecules sneak through skin on their own
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - 11:30
in Biology & Nature
Certain naturally occurring large molecules are able to sneak through the skin at a rate higher than that expected based on their size, according to a new study. The study reports a surprising finding that Avicins, plant-derived natural products with molecular weights greater than 2000, penetrate the human skin on their own.