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

Table 4.

The crystallinity index of solid lipid and freeze-dried formulations.

Samples Onset (°C) Peak (°C) Endset (°C) Integral (mJ) ΔH (J/g) % Crystallinity
GMS 57.81 66.77 70.83 −1043.38 −163.03 -
COH 48.06 51.35 55.69 −1291.74 −205.04 -
Physical mixture 49.61 52.15 56.11 −719.92 −110.76 100.00
SLN blank 34.75 37.88 40.97 −123.57 −14.54 65.64
NLC blank 34.88 38.72 42.81 −52.26 −6.15 39.66
SLN chili 30.91 39.84 45.24 −61.72 −7.09 15.33
NLC chili 30.49 35.21 44.19 −10.81 −1.26 3.13

Abbreviations: SLN, solid lipid nanoparticles; NLC, nanostructured lipid carriers; GMS, Glyceryl monostearate; COH, cetyl alcohol.