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. 2012 Jul 8;2012:632698. doi: 10.1155/2012/632698

Table 2.

Mean particle size, PDI, and zeta potential of different concentration (mg/mL) for chitosan and TMC nanoparticles with constant amount of 0.1% w/v TPP after centrifugation, n = 3.

Chitosan concentration Particle size (nm) PDI Zeta potential (mV)
(mg/mL) (Mean ± SD) (Mean ± SD) (Mean ± SD)
LMW 1 174 ± 38.47 0.457 ± 0.115 +39 ± 8.56
2 233 ± 41.38 0.377 ± 0.093 +38 ± 1.85
3 255 ± 42.81 0.510 ± 0.104 +48 ± 4.78

HMW 1 210 ± 24.54 0.532 ± 0.192 +40 ± 3.16
2 263 ± 86.44 0.551 ± 0.185 +52 ± 6.27
3 301 ± 72.85 0.566 ± 0.176 +54 ± 5.01

TMC 1 433 ± 79.59 0.513 ± 0.123 +37 ± 2.75
2 211 ± 89.26 0.448 ± 0.190 +33 ± 4.79
3 297 ± 64.72 0.243 ± 0.073 +37 ± 2.52

Significantly different between groups (P < 0.001) for each concentration.