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Published in final edited form as: J Control Release. 2009 Dec 16;143(1):13–22. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2009.12.010

Table 1.

Liposome compositions

Liposome #	Lipid formulation (Short description)	Composition (molar ratios)	Size (nm)	Osmolarity (mOsm)	References
I	SoyPC:Chol:DSPE-PEG2k (High cholesterol/long circulating)	56:39:5	91 ±24	300	[37]
II	DPPC:SoyPC:Chol:DSPE-PEG2k (Temperature sensitive/long circulating)	54:27:16:3	99 ±8	300	[38]
III	DPPC:lyso-PalmitoylPC:DSPE-PEG2k (Lysolipid temperature sensitive)	86:10:4	95 ±25	300	[39]
IV	DPPC:lyso-PalmitoylPC:Ceramide-PEG2k (Ceramide-PEG version of III)	86:10:4	101 ±22	300	[39, 40]
V	DPPC:DSPC:DSPE-PEG2k (Classical temperature sensitive)	85.5:9.5:5	80 ±21	300	[41]
VI	DPPC:DSPC:Comb-PEG (Comb-PEG version of V)	89.1:9.9:1	113 ±27	300	[41, 42]
VII, VIII, IX	DPPC:DSPC:Ceramide-PEG2k (Ceramide-PEG versions of V with varied osmolarity)	85.5:9.5:5	99 ±14, 94 ±17, 92 ±20	300, 38, 10	[40, 41]