Research Article

Application of CMC as Thickener on Nanoemulsions Based on Olive Oil: Physical Properties and Stability

Table 6

Mean values and significant differences of lightness (), red-green component (), and yellow-blue component () for O/W nanoemulsions based on olive oil with different CMC concentrations.

Oil concentration
(% w/w)
CMC concentration
(% w/w)

5088.04 ± 0.26−8.93 ± 1.27−33.40 ± 1.96
0.580.90 ± 1.02−7.42 ± 0.60−29.99 ± 1.21
0.7581.13 ± 1.16−7.57 ± 2.55−29.92 ± 4.46
15086.48 ± 1.02−12.39 ± 3.02−21.80 ± 2.95
0.580.26 ± 2.13−13.42 ± 0.59−19.20 ± 0.91
0.7579.95 ± 1.00−13.50 ± 1.55−17.39 ± 2.47

Means within a column with common superscripts did not differ significantly ().