Table 8.

Aerodynamic performance of Atorvastatin loaded solid SNEDDS delivered using HANDIHALER (mean ± SD, n = 3).

Parameter	SF8	SF10
TD (mg)	0.230	0.235
ED (mg)	0.205 ± 0.001	0.198 ± 0.010
DD (mg)	0.165 ± 0.004	0.163 ± 0.007
PD (%)	89.449 ± 2.961	84.537 ± 4.487
PI (%)	71.962 ± 2.109	69.667 ± 3.071
MMAD (µm)	1.515 ± 0.512	1.235 ± 0.129
GSD	3.074 ± 0.365	3.070 ± 0.260
FPD≤ 3 μm (mg)	0.023 ± 0.001	0.026 ± 0.003
FPF	45.443 ± 2.352	54.017 ± 3.294
RF	56.458 ± 1.131	65.507 ± 3.443
FPD≤ 5 μm (mg)	0.028 ± 0.002	0.029 ± 0.001
FPF	55.151 ± 4.564	59.995 ± 1.798
RF	68.475 ± 3.581	72.771 ± 1.564