Research Article

Design and Evaluation of Voriconazole Loaded Solid Lipid Nanoparticles for Ophthalmic Application

Table 2

Physiochemical characterization of VCZ loaded solid lipid nanoparticles.

S. number BatchesParticle size (nm ± SD)Zeta potential (mV ± SD) (±SD)Entrapment efficiency (%  ± SD)

1 234 ± 1.52−22.71 ± 0.630.327 ± 0.0170.26 ± 0.09
2 247 ± 2.08†† −27.10 ± 0.55††0.192 ± 0.02††72.08 ± 0.02††
3 265 ± 1.50†† −25.23 ± 0.56††0.261 ± 0.0776.64 ± 0.04††
4 274 ± 4.04†† −24.73 ± 0.61††0.291 ± 0.0384.25 ± 0.11††
5 288 ± 4.58†† −28.86 ± 0.58††0.232 ± 0.0561.91 ± 0.04††
6 308 ± 3.51 −26.46 ± 0.300.248 ± 0.0459.13 ± 0.07††
7 319 ± 2.64 −27.96 ± 0.41††0.188 ± 0.0263.23 ± 0.12††
8 325 ± 4.16†† −24.83 ± 0.65††0.337 ± 0.0665.13 ± 0.05††
9 335 ± 4.50†† −23.46 ± 0.40††0.219 ± 0.0272.50 ± 0.05††
10 343 ± 3.51†† −28.6 ± 0.36††0.263 ± 0.0260.17 ± 0.05††

: voriconazole loaded solid lipid nanoparticle prepared with ultrasonication method. : voriconazole loaded solid lipid nanoparticle prepared with microemulsion technique.⁢ polydispersity index. Values are mean ±  SD ().
significant difference at ; significant difference at , from control (VUSLN-4 and VMSLN-9) as determined by one-way ANOVA followed by Dunnett’s test.