Table 1.

Composition and physicochemical characterization of niosome formulations

Name	Size (nm)	Polydispersity index	Zeta potential (mV)	EE% (magnetite entrapment)	EE% (plasmid entrapment)
Nio/CTAB5%/Fe/P	102 ± 3.32	0.14 ± 0.01	+32 ± 0.25	92	83
Nio/CTAB3%/Fe/P	118 ± 2.31	0.17 ± 0.03	+25 ± 0.67	84	72
Nio/CTAB1%/Fe/P	123 ± 2.57	0.19 ± 0.02	+21 ± 0.67	86	61
Nio/Fe/P	132 ± 1.16	0.21 ± 0.04	-23 ± 0.82	88	39
Nio/Fe	120 ±1.98	0.24 ± 0.05	-21 ± 0.16	91	-
Nio/P	135 ± 2.32	0.23 ± 0.08	-21 ± 0.14	-	57
Nio	125 ± 1.38	0.026 ± 0.05	-18 ± 0.28	-	-

Nio: Niosome; Fe: Fe₃O₄@SiO₂ NPs; P: Plasmid.