TABLE 1

Physical characteristics of nanoparticle formulations^a

Formulation	Mean particle size (nm) ± SD	Mean ZP (mV) ± SD	PDI	Mean LC% ± SD	Mean EE% ± SD
NPs	227.1 ± 5.06	−1.84 ± 0.25	0.223
AmB-NPs	287.8 ± 8.64	−10.9 ± 1.9	0.205	5.7 ± 0.12	85 ± 2.4

↵a NPs, plain PLGA nanoparticles; AmB-NPs, amphotericin B-loaded PLGA nanoparticles; ZP, zeta potential; PDI, polydispersity index; LC, loading content; EE, entrapment efficiency.