Table 2.

The effects of ethanol (15% v/v) and different levels of rutin (0.05%, 0.1%, 0.2% and 0.3% w/v) on the particle size parameters of WPI. “—” means peak2 is not detected. Means in the same row with different letters (a–d) differ significantly (p < 0.05).

Particle Size Parameters (μm)	WPI	WPI + Ethanol	WPI + Ethanol + Rutin (%)
			0.05	0.1	0.2	0.3
D4,3	2.01 ± 0.00 c	1.97 ± 0.01 c	2.11 ± 0.00 c	2.16 ± 0.06 c	24.08 ± 0.22 b	31.45 ± 0.12 a
D3,2	1.58 ± 0.04 c	1.55 ± 0.00 c	1.59 ± 0.00 c	1.64 ± 0.00 c	4.17 ± 0.04 b	5.57 ± 0.24 a
D10	0.88 ± 0.01 d	0.89 ± 0.00 cd	0.86 ± 0.00 d	0.94 ± 0.00 c	1.52 ± 0.01 b	2.27 ± 0.06 a
D50	1.87 ± 0.05 c	1.82 ± 0.00 c	1.93 ± 0.00 c	1.97 ± 0.00 c	20.56 ± 0.22 b	22.27 ± 0.39 a
D90	3.34 ± 0.14 c	3.29 ± 0.00 c	3.65 ± 0.01 c	3.74 ± 0.00 c	53.38 ± 0.85 b	62.14 ± 0.58 a
Span	1.32 ± 0.03 d	1.32 ± 0.00 d	1.45 ± 0.00 c	1.42 ± 0.00 c	2.52 ± 0.07 b	2.69 ± 0.08 a
Mode Peak1	2.15 ± 0.00	2.15 ± 0.00	2.15 ± 0.00	2.15 ± 0.00	2.15 ± 0.00	2.15 ± 0.00
Peak2	—	—	—	—	30.39 ± 0.00	30.39 ± 0.00