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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pharm Pharmacol. 2011 Nov 24;64(1):61–67. doi: 10.1111/j.2042-7158.2011.01376.x

Table 1.

Physical characteristics of polylactide-co-gycolide (PLGA) and PEGylated PLGA nanoparticles

Formulation Particle size and range
(90th percentile, nm)
Zeta Potential
(mV)a
A (PLGA:50/50) 210 (85–353) −26.24 ± 5.2
B (tri-block, 10% PEG) 335 (91–648) −7.45 ± 0.90
C (di-block, 5% PEG) 166 (72–351) −4.50 ± 0.69
D (di-block, 10% PEG) 171 (70–433) −9.36 ± 1.09
E (di-block, 15% PEG) 114 (73–324) −2.8 ± 1.60
a

Each reading represents the mean of triplicate samples ± SD.