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. 2017 Jan 3;15:2. doi: 10.1186/s12951-016-0234-5

Table 1.

Droplet size, polydispersity index and zeta potential of nanoemulsions prepared with sucupira oleoresin and different pairs of surfactants (rHLB = 11)

Size (nm) PDI Zeta potential (mV) Size (nm) PDI Zeta potential (mV)
Day 0 Day 1
T80 S80 151.0 ± 2.252 0.221 ± 0.006 −32.5 ± 1.07 146.3 ± 1.450 0.219 ± 0.005 −30.5 ± 0.819
T20 S80 2540.0 ± 996.7 1.000 ± 0.000 −52.6 ± 4.14 1461.0 ± 470.8 1.000 ± 0.000 −43.8 ± 0.603
T80 TS 160.7 ± 1.493 0.252 ± 0.012 −29.2 ± 0.346 159.8 ± 3.46 0.277 ± 0.027 −31.4 ± 0.404
T20 TS 650.0 ± 663.9 0.756 ± 0.200 −31.3 ± 1.08 526.2 ± 397.2 0.601 ± 0.194 −34.3 ± 1.11
MP400 223.7 ± 28.69 0.391 ± 0.034 −43.2 ± 0.82 352.3 ± 198.8 0.536 ± 0.078 −40.6 ± 1.10
MP600 DP600 507.1 ± 171.6 0.576 ± 0.109 −35.8 ± 1.00 345.1 ± 161.1 0.568 ± 0.025 −30.3 ± 0.34
MP600 DP400 464.9 ± 176.1 0.569 ± 0.085 −44.0 ± 0.351 345.7 ± 83.2 0.476 ± 0.078 −39.3 ± 0.569
T20 DP600 750.8 ± 238.2 0.763 ± 0.063 −40.7 ± 0.451 322.6 ± 49.73 0.579 ± 0.092 −35.5 ± 0.200
T20 DP400 460.2 ± 134.6 0.608 ± 0.125 −52.2 ± 1.38 484.1 ± 59.68 0.576 ± 0.103 −51.6 ± 1.71
T80 DP600 1055 ± 65.11 0.779 ± 0.026 −14.3 ± 0.289 898.2 ± 141.1 0.921 ± 0.136 −37.3 ± 0.208
T80 DP400 248.3 ± 30.51 0.605 ± 0.157 −49.7 ± 1.16 214.5 ± 18.6 0.504 ± 0.060 −44.0 ± 3.67

Results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation

T80 = polysorbate 80. S80 = sorbitan monooleate. T20 = polysorbate 20. TS = sorbitan trioleate. DP400 = polyethyleneglycol 400 dioleate. DP600 = polyethyleneglycol 600 dioleate. MP400 = polyethyleneglycol 400 monooleate. MP600 = polyethyleneglycol 600 monooleate