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. 2013 Jul 4;5(2):60–69. doi: 10.1556/IMAS.5.2013.2.2

Table X.

Stability test results for encapsulation efficiency of unirradiated and irradiated formulations

Time (month) Encapsulation efficiency (%)a
Refrigerator (4 °C)
Room temperature (25 °C)
Formulation
Formulation
L
L
(5 kGy)
L
(10 kGy)
L
(25 kGy)
L
(50 kGy)
L
L
(5 kGy)
L
(10 kGy)
L
(25 kGy)
L
(50 kGy)

1 10.8 ± 0.3 10.7 ± 0.1 10.7 ± 0.5 10.5 ± 0.4 10.6 ± 0.2 10.6 ± 0.1 10.5 ± 0.3 10.5 ± 0.1 10.4 ± 0.4 10.6 ± 0.3
2 10.7 ± 0.5 10.0 ± 0.8 10.5  ± 0.3 10.1 ± 0.6 10.2 ± 0.1 10.3 ± 0.2 8.9 ± 0.2 10.1 ± 0.3 9.9 ± 0.1 10.2 ± 0.1
3 10.7 ± 0.4 9.3 ± 0.4 10.0 ± 0.5 9.9 ± 0.2 9.8 ± 0.1 10.4 ± 0.2 8.1 ± 0.1 9.5 ± 0.5 8.6 ± 0.2 8.8 ± 0.4

N
N
(5 kGy)
N
(10 kGy)
N
(25 kGy)
N
(50 kGy)
N
N
(5 kGy)
N
(10 kGy)
N
(25 kGy)
N
(50 kGy)

1 9.6 ± 0.1 9.5 ± 0.1 9.6 ± 0.1 9.7 ± 0.2 9.4 ± 0.1 9.6 ± 0.2 9.7 ± 0.2 9.5 ± 0.3 9.3 ± 0.4 9.1± 0.1
2 9.5 ± 0.5 9.3 ± 0.1 9.4  ± 0.6 9.2 ± 0.4 9.1 ± 0.5 9.6 ± 0.2 9.3 ± 0.3 9.1 ± 01 9.0 ± 0.2 9.0 ± 0.1
3 9.5 ± 0.3 9.1 ± 0.3 9.0 ± 0.1 9.0 ± 0.4 9.0 ± 0.2 9.0 ± 0.2 8.7 ± 0.2 8.7 ± 0.1 8.6 ± 0.2 8.7 ± 0.4

aL and N formulations were dispersed in gel formulations that is why the LJ and NJ results were the same with the L and N formulations