. 2023 Dec 1;9(12):e23144. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23144

Table 2.

Microencapsulation entrapment efficacy (EE) for disrupted 1.5 % alginate microcapsules (dMC) and disrupted chitosan alginate microcapsules (dCMC). LC: L. casei non sonicated; LC_S6: L. casei 6-min sonicated; LC_S8: L. casei 8-min sonicated.

Samples	dMC*	dCMC*
LC	98.75 ± 0.43^Aa	91.42 ± 4.72^Aa
LC_S6	99.38 ± 0.35^ABa	93.13 ± 3.03^Ab
LC_S8	96.98 ± 1.22^ACa	80.14 ± 3.93^Bb

* Data are reported as mean values ± standard deviation (n = 3). Different capital letter in the same column indicates significant difference (p < 0.05); different lowercase letter in the same row indicates significant difference (p < 0.05).