A pH-Sensitive, Biobased Calcium Carbonate Aragonite Nanocrystal as a Novel Anticancer Delivery System

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Samples</td><td align="center">Weight of nanocrystal (mg)</td><td align="center">Weight of drug (mg)</td><td align="center">Loading content (%)</td><td align="center">Encapsulation efficiency (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">CaCO<sub>3</sub>  (1)</td><td align="center">100</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">4.8</td><td align="center">96</td></tr><tr><td align="left">CaCO<sub>3</sub>  (2)</td><td align="center">100</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">9.4</td><td align="center">82</td></tr><tr><td align="left">CaCO<sub>3</sub>  (3)</td><td align="center">100</td><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">13.7</td><td align="center">64</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Drug loading concentrations, loading content and encapsulation efficiency.

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Table 1: A pH-Sensitive, Biobased Calcium Carbonate Aragonite Nanocrystal as a Novel Anticancer Delivery System 