Research Article

Folated Synperonic-Cholesteryl Hemisuccinate Polymeric Micelles for the Targeted Delivery of Docetaxel in Melanoma

Table 3

Physicochemical properties of DTX-loaded FA-targeted PF127-Chol micelles and nontargeted ones.

FormulationsLoading efficiency (%)Particle size (nm)Zeta potential (mV)PDIRelease efficiency (RE144%)

P3S2565.39 ± 1.05186.93 ± 17.70−15.600.36 ± 0.0564 ± 1
P12S2599.59 ± 2.79171.3 ± 6.42−7.800.32 ± 0.0770 ± 2
P3F25103.18 ± 0.06260.57 ± 62.97−8.500.43 ± 0.2440 ± 1
P12F2552.33 ± 5.7483.46 ± 13.30−7.600.78 ± 0.2167 ± 2
P3S40100.04 ± 2.4884.04 ± 6.04−5.850.52 ± 0.0978 ± 1
P12S40100.07 ± 3.2089.26 ± 10.63−5.130.59 ± 0.0580 ± 4
P3F4083.45 ± 0.70213.23 ± 6.98−4.720.38 ± 0.0450 ± 1
P12F4072.17 ± 1.14140.80 ± 3.70−4.810.24 ± 0.0346 ± 4
Nontargeted micelles81.00 ± 3.00192.00 ± 12.60−2.120.20 ± 0.0162 ± 1