Research Article

Preparation and Characterization of Stealth Archaeosomes Based on a Synthetic PEGylated Archaeal Tetraether Lipid

Table 2

Amounts of lipids contained in liposomes and archaeosomes calculated from HPTLC data. The given values are an average between peak height and peak area values. The values are reported to a volume of 1 mL.

Liposome formulationsArchaeosome formulations

Egg-PCInitial amount (μg)0.900 (90 wt%)0.900 (90 wt%)
Amount in formulation (μg)0.614 (88 wt%)0.589 (86 wt%)

PEG45-DSPEInitial amount (μg)0.100 (10 wt%)
Amount in formulation (μg)0.087 (12 wt%)

PEG45-TetraetherInitial amount (μg)0.100 (10 wt%)
Amount in formulation (μg)0.096 (14 wt%)