Research Article

23 Full Factorial Model for Particle Size Optimization of Methotrexate Loaded Chitosan Nanocarriers: A Design of Experiments (DoE) Approach

Table 4

Validation of optimized formulation by experimental design.

VariableCoded valueActual value

Chitosan-0.5951.2mg/ml
TPP-0.0050.9mg/ml
MTX045mg

Predicted value180nm
Experimental value176±4nm