Research Article
Development and Physicochemical Characterization of Desonide-Loaded Nanocapsule Suspensions
Table 1
Physicochemical characteristics of desonide-loaded nanocapsule suspensions.
| Formulation | D-LNC | D-NC-S100 | D-NC-L100 |
| Size (nm) | 202 ± 4 | 163 ± 5 | 161 ± 4 | PDI | 0.19 ± 0.02 | 0.20 ± 0.04 | 0.18 ± 0.04 | Zeta potential (mV) | −26.7 ± 2.0 | −21.7 ± 2.3 | −24.0 ± 3.6 | pH | 5.28 ± 0.03 | 3.90 ± 0.08 | 4.25 ± 0.06 | Drug content (mg/mL) | 0.48 ± 0.03 | 0.47 ± 0.03 | 0.48 ± 0.02 | EE (%) | 97.0 ± 2.1 | 98.8 ± 1.2 | 91.0 ± 0.9 |
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EE: encapsulation efficiency; PDI: polydispersity index.
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