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. 2020 Nov 4;12(11):1052. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12111052

Table 3.

The selected L-SEDDs components’ concentrations and droplet size (DS) out of the constructed pseudo-ternary diagrams. Mean ± SD, n = 3.

Oil % Surfactant % Co-Surfactant % DS (nm)
Diagram 1: Capryol 90®, Tween 20®, and Transcutol HP® at Smix ratio of 2:1
11.11111 59.25926 29.62963 113.6 ± 1.3
16.66667 55.55556 27.77778 126.03 ± 1.3
22.22222 51.85185 25.92593 139.2 ± 0.69
Diagram 2: Capryol 90®, Tween 20®, and Transcutol HP® at a Smix ratio of 5:1
11.11111 74.07407 14.81481 56.17 ± 0.76
16.66667 69.44444 13.88889 76 ± 1
22.22222 64.81481 12.96296 94 ± 1
Diagram 3: Capryol 90®, Tween 20®, and Transcutol HP® at a Smix ratio of 6:1
11.11111 76.19048 12.69841 10.1 ± 0.3
16.66667 71.42857 11.90476 12.13 ± 0.31
22.22222 66.66667 11.11111 60.27 ± 1.1
Diagram 4: Octanoic acid, Tween 20®, and Transcutol HP® at a Smix ratio of 2:1
11.11111 59.25926 29.62963 125.1 ± 1.1
16.66667 55.55556 27.77778 140.03 ± 0.95
22.22222 51.85185 25.92593 145 ± 1
Diagram 5: Octanoic acid, Tween 20®, and Transcutol HP® at a Smix ratio of 3:1
11.11111 66.66667 22.22222 98.13 ± 0.91
16.66667 62.5 20.83333 112.73 ± 1.14
22.22222 58.33333 19.44444 144.23 ± 0.93
Diagram 6: Octanoic acid, Tween 20®, and Transcutol HP® at a Smix ratio of 4:1
11.11111 71.11111 17.77778 86.37 ± 1.1
16.66667 66.66667 16.66667 103.6 ± 0.36
22.22222 62.22222 15.55556 112.2 ± 0.72
Diagram 7: Octanoic acid, Tween 20®, and Transcutol HP® at a Smix ratio of 5:1.
11.11111 74.07407 14.81481 63.67 ± 1.5
16.66667 69.44444 13.88889 87.1 ± 1.2
22.22222 64.81481 12.96296 109.07 ± 0.86
Diagram 8: Octanoic acid, Tween 20®, and Transcutol HP® at a Smix ratio of 6:1
11.11111 76.19048 12.69841 10.13 ± 0.15
16.66667 71.42857 11.90476 13.43 ± 0.35
22.22222 66.66667 11.11111 97.43 ± 1.09

(DS, Droplet size; Smix, Surfactant to co-surfactant ratio).