Table 1.
The physicochemical characteristic obtained for different formulations.
| Parameters |
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| Formulations | Folding endurance (times) | Thickness(mm) | Swelling(%) | Moisture loss(%) | Moisture uptake(%) | Tensile strength (MPa) | Elongation at break (%) | Drug loading(%) | Encapsulation efficacy(%) |
| PCL-1 | 379 ± 2 | 0.352 ± 0.003 | 150.3 ± 6.3 | 0.67 ± 0.02 | 0.52 ± 0.01 | 5.04 ± 0.35 | 34.0 ± 0.7 | 9.49 ± 0.14 | 95.21 ± 1.24 |
| PCL-2 | 347 ± 2 | 0.408 ± 0.002 | 154.9 ± 2.3 | 0.90 ± 0.02 | 0.64 ± 0.06 | 2.61 ± 0.10 | 14.6 ± 0.3 | 18.74 ± 0.37 | 93.86 ± 1.67 |
| PCL-CA | 209 ± 3 | 0.087 ± 0.002 | 188.2 ± 7.4 | 1.16 ± 0.02 | 1.05 ± 0.04 | 1.78 ± 0.05 | 4.7 ± 0.1 | 9.65 ± 0.15 | 96.93 ± 1.40 |
| PCL-EUD | 186 ± 4 | 0.201 ± 0.003 | 183.3 ± 4.1 | 1.24 ± 0.05 | 0.94 ± 0.02 | 0.46 ± 0.05 | 9.8 ± 0.2 | 9.59 ± 0.10 | 96.21 ± 0.92 |
PCL, Polycaprolactone; CA, cellulose acetate; EUD, Eudragit RL100.