Table 1.

Nanoparticle yield, entrapment efficiency and ratio BSA/Capsaicin.

Capsaicin concentration (µg mL−1)	BSA nanoparticles yield (%)a
	ND	DW	DS	DN
0	62.9 ± 1.1	60.0 ± 0.6	60.8 ± 1.2	60.0 ± 3.0
812	81.7 ± 2.1	71.7 ± 1.9	76.8 ± 2.5	73.0 ± 4.2
1625	91.8 ± 2.0	82.2 ± 1.2	89.9 ± 0.1	84.4 ± 5.3
2437	91.7 ± 1.4	82.0 ± 0.6	90.2 ± 0.4	83.7 ± 3.0
3250	87.3 ± 2.3	70.0 ± 0.6	82.9 ± 1.2	71.3 ± 2.4

Capsaicin concentration (µg mL−1)	Encapsulated efficiency (%)b
	ND	DW	DS	DN
0	00.0 ± 0.0	00.0 ± 0.0	00.0 ± 0.0	00.0 ± 0.0
812	49.0 ± 0.3	44.3 ± 0.3	49.1 ± 0.8	46.3 ± 0.3
1625	59.0 ± 2.8	46.0 ± 0.5	58.5 ± 1.9	46.3 ± 3.7
2437	75.6 ± 3.3	60.0 ± 1.6	72.7 ± 2.2	64.4 ± 4.7
3250	55.8 ± 0.8	46.2 ± 0.6	55.4 ± 1.5	48.8 ± 3.3

Capsaicin concentration (µg mL−1)	Ratio BSA/Capsaicin
	ND	DW	DS	DN
0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
812	4.7	4.9	5.0	4.8
1625	10.0	8.6	10.1	8.7
2437	19.2	17.9	18.8	17.1
3250	19.9	21.3	20.8	20.5

^a,bn = 3 ± SD.