Department of Plasma Bio Display (PDP), Kwangwoon University, Seoul, 01897, South Korea.
Department of Plasma Bio Display (PDP), Kwangwoon University, Seoul, 01897, South Korea; Plasma Bioscience Research Center (PBRC), Kwangwoon University, Seoul, 01897, South Korea.
Drug Metab Pharmacokinet. 2024 Feb;54:100536. doi: 10.1016/j.dmpk.2023.100536. Epub 2023 Oct 31.
Nonthermal biocompatible plasma (NBP) is a promising option for improving medication absorption into the human skin. Currently, most plasma devices for cosmetics employ a floating-electrode plasma source for treating the skin. Human skin serves as the ground electrode in the floating-electrode plasma discharge, and discharge occurs between the skin and electrodes of the device. In this in vitro study, we aimed to evaluate the effect of NBP on the skin permeation of niacinamide. We have quantified the transdermal absorption rates of niacinamide in both untreated skin and skin treated with NBP for a duration of 10 s. The absorption of niacinamide for both without and with NBP treatment was observed until 12 h incubation time. Without plasma treatment, the human skin exhibited stable and low transdermal absorption of niacinamide up to 12 h. However, the NBP treatment significantly increased the transdermal absorption of niacinamide from 0.5 h to 6 h and continuously increased skin penetration over a duration of more than 12 h incubation period. The obtained results suggest that NBP-treated human skin showed a 60-fold higher penetration rate than non-treated skin. The increased penetration rate of niacinamide can be mainly attributed to plasmaporation subsequent to NBP treatment. The findings of this study demonstrate that NBP treatment results in remarkable skin permeability, making it a promising candidate for both cosmetic and pharmaceutical delivery applications.
非热生物相容等离子体(NBP)是一种很有前途的方法,可以提高药物在人体皮肤中的吸收。目前,大多数用于化妆品的等离子体设备采用浮动电极等离子体源来处理皮肤。人体皮肤在浮动电极等离子体放电中充当地电极,放电发生在皮肤和设备电极之间。在这项体外研究中,我们旨在评估 NBP 对烟酰胺皮肤渗透的影响。我们已经量化了未经处理的皮肤和经 NBP 处理 10 秒后的皮肤的烟酰胺经皮吸收率。在 12 小时孵育时间内观察到没有和有 NBP 处理的烟酰胺的吸收。没有等离子体处理,人体皮肤在 12 小时内表现出稳定且低的烟酰胺经皮吸收。然而,NBP 处理显著增加了烟酰胺的经皮吸收,从 0.5 小时到 6 小时,并在超过 12 小时孵育期内持续增加皮肤渗透。研究结果表明,经 NBP 处理的人体皮肤的穿透率比未经处理的皮肤高 60 倍。烟酰胺渗透的增加主要归因于 NBP 处理后的等离子体渗透。这项研究的结果表明,NBP 处理可显著提高皮肤通透性,使其成为化妆品和药物输送应用的有前途的候选物。