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. 2020 May 18;12(5):458. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12050458

Table 4.

Drug loading and encapsulation efficiency of T.

Sample Drug Load (%) TDL (%) EE (% ± SD)
Fresh 4 Months
(Z+T)PEO 5 4.5 99.1 ± 6.2 89.6 ± 1.6
(Z+PEO+T)PEO 5 4.5 95.0 ± 1.4 93.0 ± 0.4
(Z+SA+T)PEO 5 4.5 89.0 ± 0.3 90.6 ± 0.7

Key: EE, encapsulation efficiency; PEO, polyethylene oxide; SA, stearic acid; T, tetracycline hydrochloride; TDL, theoretical drug load; Z, zein; SD, standard deviation.