Research Article

Preparation, Characterization, and Dissolution Rate In Vitro Evaluation of Total Panax Notoginsenoside Nanoparticles, Typical Multicomponent Extracts from Traditional Chinese Medicine, Using Supercritical Antisolvent Process

Table 2

Orthogonal array design OA16 (4)5 and experimental results.

Trial numbers
Concentration of TPNS solution (mg/mL)

Precipitation temperature (°C)

Precipitation pressure (MPa)

TPNS solution flow rate (mL/min)
CO2 flow rate
(kg/h)
MPS (nm) ± SD
()
TSA (R1, Rb1, Rg1) (%)

111110.998.5263.3 ± 28.266.43 (6.89, 35.03, 24.51)
212220.978.5185.0 ± 16.157.63 (6.55, 23.88, 27.21)
313330.968.5155.9 ± 14.496.04 (9.48, 45.61, 40.95)
414440.958.5238.8 ± 26.289.49 (9.86, 41.27, 38.36)
521230.968.5229.5 ± 22.566.54 (6.13, 29.12, 31.29)
622140.958.5271.2 ± 32.851.29 (3.95, 29.08, 18.26)
723410.998.5239.7 ± 25.056.16 (5.55, 27.94, 22.67)
824320.978.5265.0 ± 25.936.97 (2.65, 18.64, 15.68)
931340.958.5214.5 ± 23.166.02 (6.44, 34.12, 25.46)
1032430.968.5258.3 ± 24.771.78 (7.18, 37.47, 27.13)
1133120.978.5354.1 ± 38.466.91 (6.55, 33.94, 26.42)
1234210.998.5320.4 ± 21.571.81 (6.92, 36.85, 28.04)
1341420.978.5218.7 ± 22.665.60 (6.92, 38.50, 20.18)
1442310.998.5228.3 ± 20.557.02 (5.57, 29.12, 22.33)
1543240.958.5325.7 ± 28.159.48 (6.59, 24.93, 27.96)
1644130.968.5396.1 ± 40.045.99 (4.92, 22.11, 18.96)

MPS
210.75 ± 21.2231.50 ± 24.1321.18 ± 34.9262.93 ± 23.8
251.35 ± 26.6235.70 ± 23.5265.15 ± 22.1255.70 ± 25.8
286.83 ± 26.9268.85 ± 26.5215.93 ± 21.0259.95 ± 25.4
292.20 ± 27.8305.08 ± 28.4238.88 ± 24.6262.55 ± 27.6
81.4573.58105.257.23

Optimal level

TSA
77.39866.14857.65562.855
52.74059.43063.86556.777
69.13069.64764.01270.088
57.02361.06570.75766.570
24.65810.21713.10213.311

= (mean particle size at )/4, the mean values of mean particle size for a certain factor at each level with standard deviation.
.
is the mole fraction of the antisolvent CO2 in the mixture.