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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacol Ther. 2022 Mar 26;238:108177. doi: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2022.108177

Table 5:

Physicochemical properties of capsaicin nanoparticle drugs

Name of nanoparticle drug Type of nanoparticle Composition Of nanoparticle Method of synthesis Nano particle shape Size (nm) Poly dispersity index Zeta potential (mV) Drug loading efficiency (%) Drug entrapment efficiency (%) Stability
CND Dendrimers Oleoyl chloride bound to PEG 400 Esterification reaction Aggregates 143.1 ND ND ND ND ND
CAP-HAP-PXS-NPs Nanocomposite polymers PXS polymers wrapped around HAP nanorods Hydrothermal-poly condensation reaction Aggregate clusters ND ND ND ND ND Up to 10 days
CAP-SNEDDS Self-assembling nanoemulsifying drug delivery systems Isopropyl myristate, Tween-80 and ethanol Dispersion and agitation Spherical droplets 60–80 0.24–0.43 37 ND 94–98 Up to 90 days
CAP-TMC-NP Polymeric nanoparticles Trimethyl chitosan Ionotropic gelation Spherical 294±53.3 ND −32.2 ND ND ND
CAP-EW-MAGNETIC-NP Magnetic nanocomposite polymers Egg white coated cobalt-ferric oxide functioned zeolite hybrid Dispersion and agitation Spherical without aggregation 24 ND −19.2 28 ND ND
NIR-CAP-Gold-NR-MSN-NP Nanodots Gold nanorods embedded in mesoporous silica nanoparticles Modified Stober reaction Spherical 110 ND ND ND ND ND
CAP-mPEG-PCL Polymeric nanoparticles mPEG-PCL block copolymer Ring opening polymerization method Spherical shape with hollow inner structure 118±1.7 ND −8.3±1.9 9.4±2.3 76±5.1 Up to one week
CAP-SLN Solid lipid nanoparticle Stearic acid Nanoemulsion with Tween-80 as the surfactant and sodium deoxycholate as co-surfactant Solvent evaporation-emulsification technique Spherical 60±6 0.7±0.02 −2 32.1±0.1 86.1±4.1 Up to 45 hours
CAP-NANO-LIPO Nanoliposome Ratio of DPPC: Cholesterol: DSPE/PEG2000 =75:20:5 Thin film hydration technique Spherical 118.5 0.13 −13.9 0.75±0.2 32.1 Up to 4 months
CFLN Polymeric nanoparticles DSPE-PEG Thin film hydration technique Spherical 62.5 Described as good, no values mentioned in the paper ND 9.5±1.4 95.5±2.4 Up to 25 hours
CAP-FA-PLGA-PEG-NP Polymeric nanoparticles PEG and Polylactide decoglycolic acid Oil-in-water emulsion Technique Spherical 213±5.2 Less than 0.3 14.5±0.9 21.8±1.3 46±2.3 Up to 90 days
CAP-BT-PNPP Polymeric nanoparticles PEG and Polylactide decoglycolide Evaporation technique Spherical 83.4±0.5 0.152±0.03 −7.1±0.3 ND ND Up to 8 days
HA-PCL-CAP-NP Polymeric nanoparticles Poly ԑ-caprolactone Nano precipitation Spherical 194±2.9 0.2±0.03 −27.9±3.2 13±0.4 52.9±1.1 Up to 3 months
CAP-Chi-NCAS Polymeric nanoparticles Chitosan Solvent displacement technique Spherical 157±53 0.2±0.03 −49.5±8.1 ND ~90 ND
CAP-CS-NP Polymeric nanoparticles Chitosan Ionotropic gelation Spherical ND ND ND ND ND ND
MUC1-Apt-HSA-CAP-NP Polymeric nanoparticles Human serum albumin Desolvation technique Spherical 52–120 ND −34.7 ND ND ND
1-SEDDS Self-emulsifying hydrophobic nanoparticle drug delivery system Tween-80 Dispersion and agitation Spherical without aggregation 23±3.5 0.184 ND ND 80–82 ND
PTX-CAP-Fmoc-PEG-NM Polymeric micelles Polyethylene glycol Thin Film dispersion method Spherical without aggregation 199.2–237.4 ND −0.51 12.06 94.2 Up to 5 days