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. 2020 Aug 19;10:14010. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-70462-8

Table 1.

Effect of the soybean protein content on the characteristics and stability of nanoemulsions.

SPI addition Particle size (nm) ζ-potential (mV) PDI Emulsification yield (%) Turbidity TSI
0.5 797.0 ± 7.8a − 28.90 ± 0.27d 0.56 ± 0.01b 69.11 ± 0.62f 26,758.4 ± 256.7a 5.50 ± 0.05a
1.0 606.0 ± 5.9b − 29.50 ± 0.28c 0.44 ± 0.01d 78.20 ± 0.71c 21,150.8 ± 201.1b 4.30 ± 0.04b
1.5 295.6 ± 2.8f − 33.40 ± 0.32a 0.21 ± 0.01f 90.03 ± 0.83a 14,896.6 ± 139.9e 3.21 ± 0.03e
2.0 382.3 ± 5.6e − 33.30 ± 0.32a 0.37 ± 0.01e 81.25 ± 0.74b 18,561.0 ± 175.5d 3.41 ± 0.03d
2.5 471.5 ± 4.6d − 30.50 ± 0.29b 0.52 ± 0.01c 76.48 ± 0.69d 19,420.3 ± 1836.4bc 3.90 ± 0.04c
3.0 549.0 ± 5.5c − 29.60 ± 0.28c 0.66 ± 0.01a 70.02 ± 0.63e 20,837.7 ± 198.8b 4.21 ± 0.04b

Data represent mean ± standard deviations. Different letters in the same column represent a significant difference between samples (p < 0.05). Arrange all the averages in descending order, and use the letter “a” on the maximum average.