Application of CMC as Thickener on Nanoemulsions Based on Olive Oil: Physical Properties and Stability

Table 2

Mean values and significant differences of particle size (PS), polydispersity index (PdI), and zeta potential (ZPot) for O/W nanoemulsions based on olive oil with different CMC concentrations.

Oil concentration; (% w/w)	CMC concentration; (% w/w)	PS (nm)	PdI (—)	ZPot (mV)
5	0	106.65 ± 2.56	0.28 ± 0.02	−19.18 ± 0.79
	0.5	119.50 ± 5.49	0.40 ± 0.07	−45.55 ± 1.43
	0.75	121.33 ± 3.36	0.41 ± 0.09	−52.50 ± 0.91
15	0	112.96 ± 0.62	0.26 ± 0.02	−14.05 ± 0.79
	0.5	118.45 ± 7.52	0.27 ± 0.02	−41.43 ± 3.10
	0.75	117.90 ± 8.69	0.28 ± 0.01	−54.76 ± 2.24

Means within a column with common superscripts did not differ significantly ().