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. 2016 Oct 5;11:5067–5077. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S117511

Table 3.

Physiochemical characteristics of optimized 5-FU-NLC gel (mean ± SD, n=3)

Serial number Carbopol® 940 (%) Drug content (%) pH Spreadability (cm)
1 1.0 99.29±2.21 5.81±0.15 6.52±0.31
2 1.5 98.21±2.42 6.12±0.12 8.12±0.25
3 2.0 97.97±1.64 5.72±0.14 10.26±0.34

Abbreviations: Carbopol® 940, poly(acrylic acid); 5-FU, 5-fluorouracil; NLC, nanostructured lipid carrier; SD, standard deviation.