Development of Alginate Microspheres Containing Chuanxiong for Oral Administration to Adult Zebrafish

Table 1

Characteristics of chuanxiong-loaded alginate microparticles. Values represent the mean ± SD. ; ; and (versus 0.5x group).

Chuanxiong-loaded microparticle	Encapsulation efficiency%	Release efficiency%	Drug loading	⁢Daily dosage
			Chuanxiong (g/microparticle)	Minima (microparticles/day)	Maxima (microparticles/day)
0.5x	76.72 ± 1.19	9.88 ± 0.54	8.70 ± 0.47	1.57 ± 0.08	2.35 ± 0.12
1x	73.35 ± 0.15	12.74 ± 0.23	23.09 ± 0.42	1.18 ± 0.02	1.77 ± 0.03
1.5x	74.29 ± 0.34	11.50 ± 0.44	29.22 ± 1.11	1.40 ± 0.05	2.10 ± 0.08