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. 2019 Dec 21;12(1):16. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12010016

Table 1.

Summary of the two main formulations for the NCs. Oleic acid coated-SPIONs and PLGA-BPLP and PLGA-PEG were mixed in the organic phase during the double miniemulsion process.

NCs Type Shell Polymers (wt%) SPIONs Loading (wt%) Ms (eum/g) Size (DLS) BSA Loading (wt%) BSA EE%
PLGA PLGA-BPLP * PLGA-PEG d. nm PdI
NC1.non-PEGylated 10 90 / 5.7 4.0 272 0.11 0.96 38.5
NC2.PEGylated 3 90 7 6.0 4.2 265 0.05 1.01 41.3

* PLGA-BPLP from initial molar ratios (LA:GA):BPLP = (75:25):1.