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Table 2 The amount of Nile Red released into the cell medium as a percentage of experimentally determined total Nile Red content in the nanoparticles

From: Contact-mediated intracellular delivery of hydrophobic drugs from polymeric nanoparticles

Release medium

Total content

Percent released

2.9 ± 0.2 ng/ml

6.2 ng/ml

47%

12.7 ± 1.0 ng/ml

25.1 ng/ml

51%

  1. “Release medium” is the measured amount of Nile Red released into the cell medium (n= 2) from the supernatant of centrifuged nanoparticle medium. The total amount of Nile Red in the particles was measured by dissolving the particles in THF.