Table 3.
Composition and physicochemical characteristics of FNE formulations.
| Formulation | Components concentration (%, w/w) |
Diameter (±standard deviation) (nm) |
pH | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PKOEs | Tween 80 | Span 80 | Phenonip | Xanthan gum | Beeswax | Water | |||
| Pre-F | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 89.7 ± 0.10 | 5.70 |
| FNE1 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 74.3 | 72.8 ± 0.05 | 5.60 |
| FNE2 | |||||||||
| (a) | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0 | 74.1 | 112.7 ± 0.12 | 5.66 |
| (b) | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0 | 73.9 | 133.5 ± 0.12 | 5.64 |
| (c) | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0 | 73.7 | 104.5 ± 0.13 | 5.53 |
| (d) | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0 | 73.5 | 90.9 ± 0.10 | 5.47 |
| (e) | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0 | 73.3 | 113.6 ± 0.11 | 5.36 |
| FNE3 | |||||||||
| (a) | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1 | 73.1 | 115.2 ± 0.13 | 5.65 |
| (b) | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1 | 72.9 | 144.8 ± 0.08 | 5.61 |
| (c) | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1 | 72.7 | 94.9 ± 0.11 | 5.55 |
| (d) | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1 | 72.5 | 98.6 ± 0.10 | 5.54 |
| (e) | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1 | 72.3 | 99.8 ± 0.15 | 5.40 |
| FNE4 | |||||||||
| (a) | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 2 | 72.1 | 103.5 ± 0.14 | 5.73 |
| (b) | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 2 | 71.9 | 144.3 ± 0.09 | 5.70 |
| (c) | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 2 | 71.7 | 114.7 ± 0.15 | 5.66 |
| (d) | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 2 | 71.5 | 91.6 ± 0.08 | 5.68 |
| (e) | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2 | 71.3 | 99.0 ± 0.13 | 5.34 |
| FNE5 | |||||||||
| (a) | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 3 | 71.1 | 110.8 ± 0.11 | 5.68 |
| (b) | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 3 | 70.9 | 155.0 ± 0.12 | 5.64 |
| (c) | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 3 | 70.7 | 124.6 ± 0.14 | 5.58 |
| (d) | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 3 | 70.5 | 103.7 ± 0.13 | 5.45 |
| (e) | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 3 | 70.3 | 100.7 ± 0.13 | 5.40 |