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. 2020 Mar 21;12(3):282. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12030282

Table 5.

Physicochemical properties of the samples F1, F2 and F3 subjected to the sonication procedure (n = 3).

Formulation ID Cycle No %Entrapment Efficiency Average Diameter (nm) PDI * Zeta Potential (mV)
F1 0 17.60 ± 0.64 126.4 ± 2.0 0.221 ± 0.013 0.78 ± 0.27
1 20.96 ± 0.47 121.3 ± 0.9 0.243 ± 0.005 0.82 ± 0.23
2 21.91 ± 0.52 96.1 ± 1.3 0.283 ± 0.008 0.73 ± 0.34
F2 0 19.83 ± 0.26 129.7 ± 5.3 0.235 ± 0.003 1.17 ± 0.26
1 20.17 ± 0.40 111.4 ± 0.2 0.257 ± 0.008 1.01 ± 0.36
2 22.13 ± 0.35 100.6 ± 1.1 0.237 ± 0.010 0.89 ± 0.54
F3 0 74.26 ± 2.83 96.72 ± 1.5 0.258 ± 0.008 20.8 ± 0.5
1 83.57 ± 1.89 85.36 ± 0.8 0.266 ± 0.004 19.9 ± 1.2
2 83.59 ± 0.73 73.46 ± 1.3 0.253 ± 0.007 21.4 ± 0.6

* PDI: Polydispersity Index.