Research Article

Mesoporous Silica SBA-16 Functionalized with Alkoxysilane Groups: Preparation, Characterization, and Release Profile Study

Table 3

Loading rate of atenolol into SBA-16 silica, M-PTES, and T-PTES samples. Means followed by same letters differ at the   𝑃 < 0 . 0 1 .  For different letters differ at the 𝑃 < 0 . 0 0 1 .

SampleLoading rate (% w/w) ± SD.

SBA-1621.0 ± 0.90.9a
M-PTES22.0 ± 0.80.8b
T-PTES16.4 ± 0.30.3b