Table II.

Characterization of Colchicines Loaded Formulations

Formulation code	Shape	Particle size	Entrapment efficiency (%)	Elasticity	No. of vesicles per cubic millimeter × 1,000
ELP10	Multilammelar vesicular	132 ± 11	64.2 ± 1.3	58.2 ± 3.1	49 ± 2.4
ELP15	Multilamellar vesicular	134 ± 12	63.5 ± 2.4	56.8 ± 2.9	53 ± 1.4
ELP20	Multilamellar vesicular	135 ± 11	66.3 ± 2.2	56.9 ± 2.8	51 ± 2.1
ELP25	Multilamellar vesicular	178 ± 15	45.2 ± 1.5	60.0 ± 2.8	47 ± 2.5
Liposomes	Multilamellar vesicular	112 ± 13	33.4 ± 2.8	2.1 ± 0.6	46 ± 1.2
Niosomes	Multilamellar vesicular	155 ± 16	31.6 ± 1.4	4.2 ± 0.6	50 ± 1.7

Value represented as mean ± SD (n = 3)