Inexpensive Apparatus for Fabricating Microspheres for 5-Fluorouracil Controlled Release Systems

Table 3

5-FU encapsulation efficiency data.

Sample	Equivalent diameter	Surface area	Total 5-FU	Free 5-FU	EE
	(mm)	(mm^2g^−1)	(mg)	(mg)	(%)
CS/5-FU-2.5	0.836 ± 0.042	1428.0 ± 227.9	69.44	43.54	37.29
CS/5-FU-10	0.451 ± 0.014	2138.9 ± 302.5	65.88	46.53	29.37