A database of chemical absorption in human skin with mechanistic modeling applications

Autor: Jessica N. Stevens, Alyson K. Prockter, Hunter A. Fisher, Hien Tran, Marina V. Evans
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Scientific Data, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2052-4463
DOI: 10.1038/s41597-024-03588-3
Popis: Abstract Whether from environmental and occupational hazards or from topical pharmaceuticals, the human skin comes into contact with various chemicals every day. In vivo experiments not only require large investments of both time and money, but in vivo experiments can also be unethical due to the need to intentionally or incidentally expose humans or animals to toxic chemicals. Comparatively, in vitro experiments offer ethical and financial advantages when combined with the opportunity to selectively choose chemicals for experimentation. With in vivo experimentation being so infeasible, many scientists have chosen to make their in vitro data available publicly. Using these data, a detailed database containing 73 chemicals was created with a robust set of descriptors to be used in connection with mathematical modeling to predict diffusion, permeability, and partition coefficients. This resulting database is tailored to be easily used in various coding languages.
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