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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 17.
Published in final edited form as: ACS Biomater Sci Eng. 2017 Jul 3;3(9):2136–2143. doi: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.7b00255

Table 1.

Physicochemical properties of DPPC liposomes encapsulating various NO donors.

NO donor Size a (nm) Polydispersity index Encapsulation efficiency b (%)
PROLI/NO 174 ± 18 0.166 ± 0.018 30.6 ± 1.9
DEA/NO 234 ± 20 0.185 ± 0.024 33.7 ± 4.2
PAPA/NO 203 ± 33 0.167 ± 0.070 33.4 ± 3.1
SPER/NO 248 ± 54 0.251 ± 0.020 38.3 ± 3.9
a

Z-average size measured using DLS.

b

Ratio of μmol of NO inside liposomes to μmol used for synthesis multiplied by 100.