Optimizing Delivery Characteristics of Curcumin as a Model Drug via Tailoring Mean Diameter Ranges of Cellulose Beads

Table 1

Effect of mean diameter range of cellulose beads on loading capacity and efficiency of curcumin.

Mean diameter range	Loading capacity (mg/g)	Loading efficiency (%)
nCBs (nm)
40–90	1.13 ± 0.03	94.5 ± 2.5
100–130	0.95 ± 0.09	79.4 ± 1.8
190–250	0.91 ± 0.02	76.0 ± 1.7
μCBs (μm)
20–40	0.83 ± 0.05	69.7 ± 3.9
41–60	0.77 ± 0.03	64.6 ± 1.8
61–80	0.68 ± 0.02	56.9 ± 1.5

Values represent the means ± SD; .