Particle size (nm) Polydispersity Zeta potential (mV) Drug loading capacity (mg/g) Concentration (mg/ml) Encapsulation efficiency (mg/ml)
Unloaded-LNCs 50 ± 3 0.07 ± 0.02 -8 ± 1.2 - - -
Ca-Eu-Ci – LNCs1 90 ± 5 0.09 ± 0.04 -20 ± 3 20% (1 :1 :1) 30.7 86%
Ca-Eu-Ci-βC-LNCs2 66 ± 4 0.12 ± 0.004 -16 ± 2 20% (1 :6 :1 :1) 29.6 49%
Table 2: Characteristics of formulations (data are expressed as mean ± SD).