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      *Each observation is the mean ± S.D. of three determinations
        | Formulation    code  | % Yield  ±  SD | % Drug Entrapped | %     Buoyancy at 12 h ± SD  |  
        | M41 | 97.40 | 83.8    % | 72.2    ±    2.687 |  
        | M42 | 84.85 | 84.7    % | 73.8    ±    3.253 |  
        | M43 | 87.16 | 82.6    % | 68.6    ±    2.121 |  
        | M151 | 77.14 | 82.9    % | 62.7    ±    0.849 |  
        | M152 | 75.15 | 81.3    % | 61.8    ±    1.273 |  
        | M153 | 73.59 | 80.6    % | 63.6    ±    0.636 |  
        | M1001 | 44.93 | 75.6    % | 47.0    ±  1.344 |  
        | M1002 | 55.6 | 77.8    % | 50.6    ±    0.849 |  
        | M1003 | 68.0 | 72.9    % | 53.9    ±    1.273 |  |