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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Nanomed Nanotechnol. 2013 Feb 18;4(2):1000164. doi: 10.4172/2157-7439.1000164

Table 2.

Summary of PX-loaded Lipid-based NPs. (*EE=Entrapment Efficiency).

Platform Composition % EE* Particle Size (nm) Status Ref.
Liposomes phosphatidylcholine, cholesterol, cardiolipin >90 ~150 in-vitro [116]
HSPC, cholesterol, PEG-DSPE ~100 in-vivo [117]
phosphatidylglycerol,
phosphatidylcholine
200, 900 in-vivo [118]
Solid Lipid
Nanoparticles
tripalmitin, Epikuron 20, butanol,
Na-taurocholate, cholesteryl hemisuccinate
160 in-vitro [121]
stearic acid, lecithin, Brij 78
(or pluronic F68 and DSPE-PEG)
58-75 100-220 in-vivo [122]
trimyristin, EPC, PEG2000-PE 72-89 200-250 in-vivo [123, 124]
glyceryl palmitostearate (or glyceryl monostearate), poloxamer 407 55-90 ~200 in-vitro [127, 128]
Lipoid S 100,
sucrose fatty acid esters
89-92 150-190 in-vitro [129]
stearylamine, soya lecithin, poloxamer 188 75 70-130 in-vivo [125]
monostearin, stearic acid,
glycerol tristearate, ATO 888
36-76 160-260 in-vitro [126]
emulsifying wax, Brij 78 ~50 <100 in-vivo [130, 131]
glyceryl tridodecanoate, Brij 78 >85 170 in-vitro [132, 133]
Lipid Nanocapsules Labrafac®, Lipoïd® S75-3,
Solutol® HS15
~50 in-vivo [134-136]
Captex® 8000, Lipoïd® S75-3, Solutol® HS15 93 ~50 in-vivo [137-140]
Miglyol 812, Brij 78, TPGS 85-97 ~200 in-vivo [132, 133]
PLGA, lecithin, DSPE-PEG2000, DSPC, RGD (targeting) 82 68 in-vivo [142, 143]
Lipiodol, PEO-PPO-PEO, functionalized PEG,
folic acid (targeting)
46 110 in-vivo [144]
lecithin, Dynasan 118, Miglyol 812, folate-PEG-PE, Span 60 (or PEG
PE)
98 207 in-vivo [145]
Micro- and Nano-
Emulsions
vitamin E, TPGS, poloxamer 407 100 phase III / discontinued [154]
oil blend, EPC, Tween 80, glycerol >95 150 in-vivo [156]
lecithin, butanol, myvacet
(or capmul, myvacet)
~110 in-vivo [157, 158]
pine nut oil, egg lecithin, stearylamine, deoxycholic acid 90-120 in-vivo [159]
egg lecithin, flaxseed oil, DSPE-PEG2000 97-100 130-150 in-vitro [160]
*

(EE=Entrapment Efficiency).