Research Article

Buparvaquone Nanostructured Lipid Carrier: Development of an Affordable Delivery System for the Treatment of Leishmaniases

Table 8

Theoretical and observed drug load and encapsulation efficiency of buparvaquone nanostructured lipid carriers.

BPQ theoretical concentration (μg·mL−1) () Total observed BPQ concentration (μg·mL−1)Supernatant BPQ (μg·mL−1)Encapsulation efficiency (%)

F1320312.5 ± 1.40.13 ± 0.0299.96 ± 0.06%
F3400403.57 ± 5.0<limit of detection100.00%
F4500477.87 ± 1.90.06 ± 0.0199.99 ± 0.02%