“…In the present study, Transcutol ® increased flux of TIZ and, from the available literature, it appears that the effect of Transcutol may well depend on the nature of the drug being tested. Much of the literature reports a reduction in flux in the presence of Transcutol ; however, these studies employed relatively hydrophobic drugs such as hydrocortisone, primaquine, dexamethasone, melatonin, glibenclamide, and glipizide (Kikwai et al, 2002;Minghetti et al, 2007;Panchagnula and Ritschel, 1991;Jeans and Heard, 1999;Zhao and Singh, 2000;Vaddi et al, 2001;Morimoto et al, 2002;Mayorga, 1996;Kogan and Garti, 2006;Udupa, 2002, 2003;Williams and Barry, 2004). In contrast, TIZ is a hydrophilic drug and increased permeation was observed in the presence of Transcutol ® which is in agreement with the results of Aboofazeli et al (2002) for another hydrophilic drug, nicardipine hydrochloride.…”