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Table 9.

Characteristics of encapsulated powder of different formulations.

Formulation	Bulk density (g mL⁻¹)	Tapped density (g mL⁻¹)	Flowability &	cohesiveness	Particle density (g mL⁻¹)

			Carr index (%)	Hausner ratio
AF1	0.221 ± 0.002^a	0.260 ± 0.002^a	10.90 ± 1.23^a	1.18 ± 0.02^a	0.833 ± 0.006^a
AF2	0.191 ± 0.003^b	0.217 ± 0.004^b	11.84 ± 0.77^a	1.13 ± 0.01^a	0.873 ± 0.012^a
AF3	0.164 ± 0.003^c	0.193 ± 0.001^c	15.05 ± 1.41^a	1.18 ± 0.02^a	0.917 ± 0.006^a
AF4	0.141 ± 0.002^d	0.166 ± 0.002^d	15.06 ± 0.62^a	1.18 ± 0.01^a	0.950 ± 0.010^b

Values are average of triplicate (n = 3) analyses ± standard deviation.

^{a, b, c, d}

Different letters within each column are significantly different at p < 0.05 when compared to AF1 with AF2, AF3 and AF4 values using Tukey’s HSD post hoc test.