Then the implication could be that DMSO will actually carry CS particles of up
to about 30 atoms through the skin.  That would be about a 1 nm particles.  So
it looks like DMSO would likely work primarily with the ions.

Marshall

"James Osbourne, Holmes" wrote:

> This is from the DMSO Pharmacology article I sent you off list.
>
> This is probably where I noted the MW relevancy.
>
> "Perliman and Wolfe76 demonstrated that allergens of low molecular weight
> such as penicillin G potassium, mixed in 90% DMSO, were readily carried
> through intact human skin. Allergens having molecular weights of 3000 or
> more dissolved in DMSO did not penetrate human skin in these studies. On the
> other hand, Smith and Hegre101 had previously recorded that antibodies to
> bovine serum albumin developed when a mixture of DMSO and bovine serum
> albumin was applied to the skin of rabbits."
>
> James-Osbourne: Holmes
>
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