Table 2.
AA encapsulation efficiency (%), mean particle size (µm) encapsulation yield (%) and moisture (%) for AA:ALG and AA:GA-based microparticles.
| Encapsulation Efficiency (%) | Mean Particle Size (µm) | Encapsulation Yield (%) | Moisture (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA:ALG-based | AA:ALG-5 | 97.9 ± 1.9 | 5.1 ± 0.4 | 75.7 ± 0.8 | 2.5 ± 0.1 |
| AA:ALG-12.5 | 98.9 ± 1.1 | 10.9 ± 1.2 | 63.1 ± 0.2 | 2.1 ± 0.3 | |
| AA:ALG-20 | 98.0 ± 1.6 | 11.0 ± 2.4 | 42.0 ± 1.1 | 2.6 ± 1.0 | |
| AA:2ALG-5 | 90.5 ± 2.8 | 8.2 ± 1.2 | 70.8 ± 0.7 | 3.9 ± 2.3 | |
| AA:2ALG-12.5 | 93.9 ± 4.4 | 7.8 ± 1.0 | 62.1 ± 0.5 | 4.3 ± 2.5 | |
| AA:2ALG-20 | 93.0 ± 2.4 | 7.8 ± 0.4 | 35.2 ± 6.7 | 4.0 ± 2.6 | |
| AA:4ALG-5 | 92.2 ± 2.8 | 9.7 ± 0.7 | 67.1 ± 3.0 | 4.1 ± 1.4 | |
| AA:4ALG-12.5 | 96.3 ± 2.3 | 7.6 ± 0.2 | 63.6 ± 0.4 | 5.5 ± 3.0 | |
| AA:4ALG-20 | 92.6 ± 1.8 | 14.1 ± 1.4 | 37.8 ± 1.4 | 4.3 ± 2.2 | |
| AA:GA-based | AA:GA-5 | 95.0 ± 4.4 | 9.5 ± 2.3 | 61.1 ± 6.7 | 2.4 ± 1.7 |
| AA:GA-12.5 | 98.3 ± 1.2 | 7.8 ± 0.6 | 68.5 ± 1.8 | 1.4 ± 0.5 | |
| AA:GA-20 | 82.6 ± 4.3 | 9.7 ± 0.5 | 67.8 ± 4.4 | 1.6 ± 0.8 | |
| AA:2GA-5 | 96.8 ± 3.4 | 2.9 ± 0.2 | 79.3 ± 1.1 | 5.0 ± 2.0 | |
| AA:2GA-12.5 | 98.4 ± 0.4 | 4.0 ± 0.1 | 83.2 ± 1.0 | 4.4 ± 2.8 | |
| AA:2GA-20 | 89.6 ± 5.6 | 5.3 ± 0.4 | 75.6 ± 3.3 | 4.5 ± 2.8 | |
| AA:4GA-5 | 91.6 ± 0.4 | 3.1 ± 0.5 | 78.4 ± 1.0 | 5.4 ± 2.7 | |
| AA:4GA-12.5 | 96.0 ± 3.0 | 5.3 ± 0.0 | 77.8 ± 4.0 | 5.4 ± 2.6 | |
| AA:4GA-20 | 93.8 ± 2.8 | 6.3 ± 0.9 | 77.0 ± 0.9 | 4.8 ± 2.7 |