Table 1.

Characterization of 5-FU ES and 5-FU EG

	Particle size (nm)	PDI	EE (%)
5-FU ES (n = 6)
Mean	87.72	0.10	11.58
STD	9.27	0.01	1.12
5-FU EG (n = 6)
Mean	98.7*	0.11**	10.47***
STD	10.88	0.02	1.74

Mean ± SD; *p < 0.05, Particle size of 5- FU EG compared to 5-FU ES using one-way ANOVA; ** p < 0.01, PDI of 5- FU EG compared to 5-FU ES using one-way ANOVA; *** p < 0.001, EE(%) of 5- FU EG compared to 5-FU ES using one-way ANOVA