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. 2020 May 19;12(5):463. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12050463

Table 2.

Particle size, polydispersity index (PDI), and zeta potential of lipid nanoparticles using different methods for particle size reduction with paired glyceryl monostearate (GMS) and cetyl alcohol (COH) as solid lipids.

Methods Formulations Particle Size (nm) PDI Zeta Potential (mV)
Probe sonication SLN 1671.00 ± 643.07 0.97 ± 0.07 −45.18 ± 1.34
NLC 502.24 ± 136.29 0.68 ± 0.08 −45.80 ± 0.83
High pressure homogenizer SLN 129.42 ± 5.80 0.33 ± 0.05 −42.16 ± 0.77
NLC 139.34 ± 3.95 0.38 ± 0.03 −34.64 ± 1.37

Abbreviations: SLN, solid lipid nanoparticles; NLC, nanostructured lipid carriers.