Table 2.

DSC parameters of solid lipids, bulk mixtures, and unloaded and anti-alopecia-drug-loaded NLCs obtained a few days after production

Sample	Onset (°C)	Melting point (°C)	Enthalpy (J/g)	RI (%)
Cetyl palmitate	49.54	52.50	210.15	–
Bulk mixture 1	46.36	52.21	150.43	100
NLC A	50.19	51.86	11.43	37.27
NLC B	49.83	52.26	3.43	11.16
Precirol ATO 5	51.15	56.33	44.38	–
Bulk mixture 2	41.45	46.42	18.40	100
NLC D	49.55	52.08	0.85	85.75
NLC F	53.54	55.03	0.70	74.98

Notes: Precirol® ATO 5: Gattefossé, Lyon, France.

Abbreviations: DSC, differential scanning calorimetry; NLC, nanostructured lipid carrier; RI, recrystallization index.