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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 30.
Published in final edited form as: Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2011 Mar 25;13(19):9014–9019. doi: 10.1039/c0cp02549f

Table 1. A list of experiments for the optimization of polyelectrolytes amount for paclitaxel nanoparticles.

Concentration of paclitaxel (mg/ml) Amount of chitosan as 1st layer (mg/ml) Sonication time (hr) Amount of alginic acid as 2nd layer (mg/ml) Sonication time (mins) Particle size (nm) Zeta potential (mV)
0.5 0.1 1 0.1 20 887 ± 7 -30 ± 5
0.5 0.1 1 0.2 20 240 ± 6 -35 ± 8
0.5 0.15 1 0.2 20 190 ± 8 -33 ± 3
0.5 0.2 1 0.3 20 260 ± 9 -30 ± 7