Morphosynthesis of Zn-Substituted Stoichiometric and Carbonate Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles and Their Cytotoxicity in Fibroblasts

Table 1

Resultant chemical compositions of the Zn:HAp and Zn:CAp nanoparticles with the different Zn concentrations.

Sample	Ca (mol%)	Zn (mol%)	P (mol%)	C (mol%)	(Ca + Zn)/P ratio	Zn conc. (mol%)
0.0—Zn:HAp	0.87	0.00	0.53	0.22	1.64	0.00
2.5—Zn:HAp	0.86	0.01	0.53	0.26	1.64	1.15
5.0—Zn:HAp	0.82	0.02	0.52	0.27	1.62	2.38
10—Zn:HAp	0.73	0.04	0.51	0.39	1.51	5.19
0.0—Zn:CAp	0.93	0.00	0.48	0.24	1.94	0.00
2.5—Zn:CAp	0.88	0.01	0.47	0.35	1.89	1.12
5.0—Zn:CAp	0.87	0.02	0.47	0.37	1.89	2.25
10—Zn:CAp	0.82	0.04	0.47	0.42	1.83	4.65