Table 8.

Values for the investigated variables during formulation studies.

Formulation	Chitosan (CS) (% w/v)	Alginate (ALG) (% w/v)	CaCl2* or TPP ** (% w/v)	ALG:CS Mass Ratio (w/w)
F0	0.010	0.050	0.010 *	4.23:1
F1	0.070	0.001	0.028 **	0.02:1
F2	0.069	0.003	0.028 **	0.04:1
F3	0.068	0.004	0.027 **	0.06:1
F4	0.068	0.005	0.027 **	0.08:1
F5	0.067	0.007	0.027 **	0.10:1
F6	0.066	0.008	0.026 **	0.12:1
F7	0.065	0.009	0.026 **	0.14:1
F8	0.064	0.010	0.026 **	0.16:1
F9	0.063	0.011	0.025 **	0.18:1
F10	0.063	0.013	0.025 **	0.20:1
F11	0.056	0.022	0.022 **	0.40:1
F12	0.050	0.030	0.020 **	0.60:1
F13	0.045	0.036	0.018 **	0.80:1
F14	0.042	0.042	0.017 **	1.00:1

F0—ALG/CS microparticles, obtained via alginate ionotropic pre-gelation with CaCl₂ followed by chitosan addition—Method (I); F1–F14—CS/ALG microparticles, obtained via chitosan precipitation with TPP followed by gelation with alginate—Method (II). * CaCl₂ ** TPP.