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. 2016 Jun 17;11:301. doi: 10.1186/s11671-016-1517-3

Table 5.

Efficiency of encapsulation (%) and non-encapsulation proportion (%) of the flavonoid marker compounds present in nanoparticles of red propolis extract

(%) Efficiency of encapsulation of flavonoids using UPLC-DAD
Composition (%) E.E. (%) N.E. ∑ (%E.E. + %N.E.)
NRPE A1 85.15 14.79ª 96.25
NRPE A2 65.74 39.47b 105.20
NRPE A3 72.76 41.48ª 114.24
NRPE A4 79.49 26.09c 105.58
NRPE A5 77.01 18.82d 95.83

Mean values and standard deviation determinate in triplicate

E.E. efficiency of encapsulation, N.E. non-encapsulated

aExternal determination of formononetin

bExternal determination of liquiritigenin + pinobanksin + isoliquiritigenin + formononetin

cExternal determination of liquiritigenin and formononetin

dExternal determination of liquiritigenin + isoliquiritigenin + formononetin