Table 3.
Compositions, droplet size, polydispersity index and zeta potential of the selected formulations. Results are expressed as the mean ± S.E of n ≥ 3 experiments.
| Vehicle | Formulations % (w/w) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | D | E | |
| Ibuprofen | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| L-1695 | 20.0 | 15.0 | 12.0 | 10.0 | 8.6 |
| Glycerol | 20.0 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 30.0 | 31.4 |
| Olive oil | 57.0 | 57.0 | 57.0 | 57.0 | 57.0 |
| Mean droplet size (nm) | 318.0 ± 1.079 | 232.1 ± 0.451 | 243.0 ± 0.443 | 266.9 ± 1.388 | 372.0 ± 1.518 |
| PDI | 0.112 ± 0.021 | 0.047 ± 0.014 | 0.056 ± 0.006 | 0.058 ± 0.001 | 0.115 ± 0.016 |
| Zeta Potential (mV) | -25.4 ± 0.423 | -31.7 ± 0.361 | -30.2 ± 0.173 | -29.7 ± 0.553 | -27.8 ± 0.890 |