. 2020 Feb 12;12(2):425. doi: 10.3390/polym12020425

Table 3.

Aerodynamic characteristics of ChS/INH/RFB (10/1/0.5, w/w) microparticles (mean ± SD, n = 3). Different letters indicate statistically significant difference within the same parameter (p < 0.05).

Microparticles	Powder Emitted Dose (%)	Drug	MMAD (µm)	GSD (µm)	FPD (mg)	FPF (%)
ChS/INH/RFB (ethanol)	90.9 ± 1.0^a	INH	3.8 ± 0.1^b	1.9 ± 0.1^c	3.1 ± 0.3^d	43.7 ± 2.4^g
ChS/INH/RFB (ethanol)	90.9 ± 1.0^a	RFB	3.9 ± 0.1^b	2.0 ± 0.1^c	1.5 ± 0.1^e	42.6 ± 1.7^g
ChS/INH/RFB (HCl)	89.6 ± 1.8^a	INH	4.0 ± 0.2^b	2.0 ± 0.0^c	2.9 ± 0.1^d	35.0 ± 1.7^h
ChS/INH/RFB (HCl)	89.6 ± 1.8^a	RFB	4.0 ± 0.3^b	2.1 ± 0.1^c	1.2 ± 0.1^f	34.0 ± 3.7^h

FPD: fine particle dose; FPF: fine particle fraction; GSD: geometric standard deviation; MMAD: mass median aerodynamic diameter.