Table 1.
Characteristics of micelles: size distribution, zeta potential, drug loading, and encapsulation efficiency.
| Micelles | Particle Size (nm) |
PDI | Zeta Potential (mV) | Drug Loading |
Encapsulation Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PMs | 29.70 ± 0.58 | 0.171 ± 0.04 | 0.00 ± 1.53 | - | - |
| MTX-PMs | 32.30 ± 0.86 | 0.236 ± 0.10 | 1.57 ± 0.06 | 4.97 ± 0.86 | 84.60 ± 9.51 |
| R-MTX- PMs | 34.30 ± 0.61 | 0.238 ± 0.21 | 1.60 ± 0.06 | 5.03 ± 0.67 | 85.36 ± 6.56 |
| NIM-PMs | 59.70 ± 6.10 | 0.321 ± 0.04 | 1.57 ± 2.14 | 5.67 ± 0.25 | 89.06 ± 8.58 |
| R-NIM- PMs | 60.20 ± 3.21 | 0.319 ± 0.07 | 1.60 ± 1.98 | 5.78 ± 0.32 | 90.78 ± 7.85 |
Abbreviation: PDI, polydispersity index. Results are expressed as mean ± SD from three independent experiments.