Table 2 of Zhu, Mol Vis 2012; 18:1973-1982.

Table 2. Physicochemical properties of blank or FITC-loaded NPs.

Sample CSa TCSa SAa FITCb Sizec PDId Zeta potentiale EEf
5 0.5 - 0.625 - 338.1±15.9 0.25±0.01 +33.8±7.9 -
11 0.5 - 0.625 2 265.7±7.4 0.36±0.09 +29.5±4.1 84.2±1.8
10 - 0.5 0.625 - 298.5±14.8 0.17±0.03 +53.1±3.5 -
12 - 0.5 0.625 2 408.0±6.4 0.34±0.07 +49.2±2.3 92.1±1.9

aConcentration in mg/ml. bFITC weighed in mg. cSize in nm, dPolydispersity index and eZetapotential in mV were measured by dynamic light scattering using a Zeta Nanosizer. fEncapsulation efficiency of NPs measured by fluorometric analysis. Experiments were performed in triplicates.

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