Table 3.

Mechanical properties (hardness, compressibility, adhesiveness, and cohesiveness) of the liquid crystal (F2 and F3) formulations with or without curcumin

Formulations	Hardness (N)	Compressibility (N·s)	Adhesiveness (N·s)	Cohesiveness (N)
F2	0.048±0.003	0.303±0.076	0.329±0.025	0.632±0.064
F2C	0.054±0.008	0.457±0.081	0.339±0.021	0.651±0.103
F3	0.163±0.008	1.099±0.036	1.259±0.171	0.695±0.037
F3C	0.159±0.009	1.259±0.171	1.399±0.122	0.722±0.050

Note: Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation of seven replicates.