Formula no
pH of chitosan solution
pH of resulted nanoparticles
Average Particle Size (nm)
Zeta Potential (mV)
Encapsulating Efficiency (%) *
F1
4.2
4.5
163.2 ± 23.5
+ 22.44
5.82 ± 0.1
F2
5.2
6
59 ± 8.3
+ 23.42
54.5 ± 0.5
F3
6.2
6.7
99.4 ± 20.3
+ 24.21
64.29 ± 0.12
F4
7
7.4
249.6 ± 44.7
+ 18.49
64.9 ± 0.83
*N=3
Table 3:
Effect of pH variation of chitosan solution on the particle size, zeta potential and encapsulating efficiency of the prepared nanoparticles.