TABLE 1.
SLNP efficiency of entrapment, release of diosgenin, and yield of diosgenin SLNP has been quantified with HPLC.
| SLNP composition (mg) |
Diosgenin entrapment efficiency | Diosgenin release efficiency (10, 5, 1 mg) |
Percentage yield | Unentrapped diosgenin (residual) | Unentrapped diosgenin in solvent |
|
Stearic acid/lecithin/diosgenin
(200:380:300) |
56 ± 5% | 93.7, 97.5, 99.5% | 51.70% | 25% | 19% |