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Table 2 Physicochemical parameters of empty and doxorubicin-loaded nanoparticles

From: Doxorubicin-loaded polymeric nanoparticles containing ketoester-based block and cholesterol moiety as specific vehicles to fight estrogen-dependent breast cancer

Polymer

MADLS [nm]

Horizontal size [nm]

Vertical size [nm]

Zeta potential [mV]

Tg [°C]

TCP [°C]

Tagg [°C]

CDOXa [µM]

PNP1

21.8 ± 3.0

17.7

13.6

− 6.8

132.5

34.0

30.5

 

PNP1_DOX

24.1 ± 1.7

25.7

10.2

− 8.0

140.7

35.0

31.0

0.626

PNP3

99.7 ± 12.9

78.7

75.5

− 5.5

132.5

34.0

30.5

 

PNP3_DOX

42.6 ± 2.8

29.1

28.1

− 24.2

132.2

33.5

30.5

0.163

PNP4

81.9 ± 5.0

59.0

18.5

− 3.7

131.8

30.5

29.0

 

PNP4_DOX

86.4 ± 3.8

57.3

64.5

− 6.7

132.4

30.5

28.5

0.077

PNP5

30.1 ± 1.6

67.0

93.5

− 4.9

138.3

32.5

30.0

 

PNP5_DOX

41.6 ± 1.3

32.4

28.6

− 7.9

139.8

33.0

30.0

0.190

  1. aDetermined in PBS solution of polymers at C = 1 mg mL−1