Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)Since the designs of optimal formulations for resveratrol permeation via the skin are lacking, the aim of this study was to establish the profile of resveratrol permeability into and across human skin. For that, a laboratory-made chromatographic column was used (Zr-PMODS), with its performance being compared to a traditional C18 column. In vitro drug release was conducted with polysulfone membranes, and the flux (J(s)) was 30.49 mu g cm(-2) h(-1)), with a lag time (L-T) of 0.04h, following a pseudo-first-order kinetics. For ex vivo percutaneous absorption using excised female human skin, the kinetic profile was the same, but J(s) was 0.87 mu g cm(-2) h(-1) and L-T was 0.97 h. From the initials 49.30 mu g applied to the skin, 9.50 mu g were quantified in the receptor medium, 20.48 mu g was retained at the stratum corneum (do not account as permeated) and 21.41 mu g was retained at the viable epidermis + dermis (account as permeated), totalizing 30.90 mu g of resveratrol permeated after 24 h of application (62.6%). From these results, one can conclude that a person using the 1-g emulsion dose released by the pump containing 20 mg of resveratrol will have, theoretically, 12.53 mg of it liberated into his bloodstream, gradually and continuously for 24h. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.9472331Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG)Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)Programa Ciencia sem Fronteiras [245781/2012-9]Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)CAPES [Edital 04/CII-2008]Programa Ciencia sem Fronteiras [245781/2012-9]