Table 1. Characteristics of silibinin-loaded micelles (n = 3) .
Compound | Block copolymer |
Silibinin loading ± SD
(mg/mg) |
Encapsulation efficiency ± SD (%) | Micellar size (nm) day1 | PDI (day 1) |
Silibinin | PEG-PLA-PBCL | 0.014 ± 0.006 | 43.93 ± 19.4 | 47.35 ± 0.66 | 0.26 ± 0.08 |
PEG-PCL | 0.015 ± 0.002 | 47.61 ± 5.82 | 54.73 ± 1.82 | 0.31 ± 0.06 | |
PEG-PBCL | 0.033 ± 0 .001 | 95.54 ± 3.47 | 46.9 ± 0.33 | 0.33 ± 0.01 |