Table 2.
Encapsulation efficiency and loading capacity of curcumin in zein NPs and zein/TP NPs with different mass ratios.
| Sample | Encapsulation efficiency (%) |
Loading capacity (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| zein:Cur = 20:1 | zein:Cur = 10:1 | zein:Cur = 20:1 | zein:Cur = 10:1 | |
| Zein | 54.73 ± 0.18a | 31.92 ± 0.08a | 1.33 ± 0.01a | 1.52 ± 0.02a |
| Zein:TP = 1:2 | 93.34 ± 0.14f | 91.59 ± 0.09f | 1.53 ± 0.04b | 2.95 ± 0.07b |
| Zein:TP = 1:1 | 92.71 ± 0.14e | 89.00 ± 0.04e | 2.26 ± 0.01c | 4.24 ± 0.03c |
| Zein:TP = 1:0.5 | 88.59 ± 0.07d | 85.10 ± 0.04d | 2.86 ± 0.02d | 5.32 ± 0.03d |
| Zein:TP = 1:0.33 | 83.53 ± 0.10c | 77.71 ± 0.06c | 3.03 ± 0.02e | 5.43 ± 0.06d |
| Zein:TP = 1:0.25 | 89.77 ± 0.12b | 74.61 ± 0.11b | 3.45 ± 0.07f | 5.53 ± 0.01e |
Different letters in the same column indicate significantly different (p < 0.05).