Table 1.
Average yield, diameter, zeta potential and polydispersity index of SeNPs.
| Sample | Yield (ppm) | Average Diameter (nm) | Zeta Potential (mV) |
Polydispersity Index | pH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PVPSeNPs | 3.27 ± 0.12 a | 181.7 ± 0.58 a | −5.9 ± 0.48 a | 0.11 ± 0.02 a | 8.16 |
| PSSeNPs | 1.62 ± 0.09 b | 74.9 ± 0.29 b | −33.0 ± 1.22 b | 0.12 ± 0.01 a | 7.94 |
| fPVPSeNPs | 4.38 ± 0.24 c | 107.6 ± 0.36 c | −10.3 ± 0.99 c | 0.18 ± 0.03 b | 7.88 |
| fPSSeNPs | 2.34 ± 0.12 d | 56.0 ± 0.45 d | −30.0 ± 1.05 d | 0.12 ± 0.01 a | 7.61 |
PVPSeNPs—selenium nanoparticles coated with polyvinylpyrrolidone; fPVPSeNPs—selenium nanoparticles coated with polyvinylpyrrolidone and functionalized with olive pomace extract; PSSeNPs—selenium nanoparticles coated with polysorbate; fPSSeNPs—selenium nanoparticles coated with polysorbate and functionalized with olive pomace extract. Data in the same column marked by different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05).