Omholt, K., Platz, A., Kanter, L., Ringborg, U
However, the study failed to report whether these changes in response to dexpanthenol treatment improved the wound-repair process compared to placebo (26)
They can be injected into the muscle, usually in the arm or buttock
If you are into chemistry (if not, we understand, just skip this paragraph), the reason is that electrolytes (you know, the Na+ and Cl- ions) screen the electrostatic repulsion between the head groups of ionic surfactants and thus support the formation of long shaped micelles (instead of spherical ones) that entangle like spaghetti, and viola, a gel is formed
And neither of these weird animals has any idea that a few chemicals swimming around in their bodies help some humans wearing funny coats invent one of the most important medicines of the 21st century
Meanwhile, most other antioxidants are either water- or fat-soluble ( For instance, vitamin C is only water-soluble, while vitamin E is only fat-soluble