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. 2010 Nov 24;11(4):1684–1694. doi: 10.1208/s12249-010-9553-2

Table III.

Particle Size Distribution, Mean Particle Size, Polydispersity Index (P.I) Entrapment Efficiency (E.E %), and Zeta Potential Values of Different Nanostructured Lipid Carriers

Formulation code Mean volume distribution (μm ± SD) P.I. EE% ± SD Zeta potential ± SD
d 10% d 50% d 90% Mean particle size (μm ± SD)
NLC1 0.201 0.304 0.402 0.327 ± 0.03 0.594 78.8 ± 2.6 −14.00 ± 0.5
NLC2 0.235 0.407 0.743 0.461 ± 0.03 0.528 79.2 ± 1.9 −13.90 ± 1.0
NLC3 0.154 0.208 0.282 0.213 ± 0.05 0.641 85.2 ± 1.3 −21.03 ± 1.2
NLC4 0.195 0.313 0.593 0.366 ± 0.09 0.558 93.7 ± 3.2 −19.30 ± 0.6
NLC5 0.411 0.670 1.103 0.725 ± 0.08 0.583 77.9 ± 2.4 −29.70 ± 1.8
NLC6 0.360 0.708 1.339 0.797 ± 0.10 0.479 74.9 ± 3.0 −18.80 ± 0.8
NLC7 0.155 0.225 0.652 0.413 ± 0.06 0.597 82.6 ± 1.4 −16.70 ± 0.5
NLC8 0.204 0.405 0.941 0.501 ± 0.02 0.454 80.2 ± 1.5 −10.60 ± 0.3