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Physicochemical characteristics of NPZ and curcuminoid-loaded zein nanoparticles (NPZ-CC). Mean size, PDI, and Z potential expressed as mean ± SD (n = 3). BDMC: Bisdemethoxycurcumin, DMC: demethoxycurcumin. Statistical differences are represented as asterisk: p < 0.05 (*) and p < 0.01 (**).
| Formulation | Mean Size (nm) | PDI | Z Potential (mV) |
CC | BDMC | DMC | Total Curcuminoids |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NPZ | 232 ± 3 | 0.113 ± 0.023 | −43 ± 7 | - | - | - | - |
| NPZ-CC® | 222 ± 3 * | 0.230 ± 0.008 ** | −47 ± 1 | 7.29 | 0.48 | 1.41 | 9.18 |
