Table 1 Physical properties of curcumin nanoemulsion with biopolymer; ratio of disperse phase and continuous phase, 5:95 (mean ± SD, n=3)

Emulsifiers1) Property Concentration (%)
0.1 0.5 1 2.5 5 10
SC D (nm)2) 205.7±14.854bC 218.0±1.25aC 188.0 ± 0.503cB 169.8 ± 2.879deB 177.8 ± 2.954cdB 166.0 ± 0.462eB
PdI3) 0.375±0.389aB 0.285±0.039aA 0.246 ± 0.034aB 0.235 ± 0.045aB 0.212 ± 0.048aA 0.222 ± 0.015aB
ζ-potential (mV) -48.6±0.306dAB -45.3±0.404bcB -46.5 ± 0.850cB -44.6 ± 1.250bC -45.4 ± 1.473bcD -40.9 ± 0.954aD

WPI D (nm) 707.8±8.351aB 259.2±3.172bC 198.9 ± 1.185cB 185.5 ± 1.686dB 179.5 ± 1.453dB 180.4 ± 1.274dB
PdI 0.456±0.036aAB 0.226±0.042bA 0.136 ± 0.008bB 0.137 ± 0.010bB 0.163 ± 0.018bA 0.173 ± 0.028bB
ζ-potential (mV) -59.4±0.854fB -45.7±0.777eB -44.0 ± 0.700dB -35.2 ± 0.577cB -32.0 ± 1.997bB -28.9 ± 1.229aB

MS D (nm) 1028.4±190.6aB 605.6±2.343bB 427.4 ± 2.023cB 222.8 ± 1.504dB 179.5 ± 7.605dB 150.5 ± 1.537dB
PdI 1.000±0.000aA 0.351±0.091cA 0.100 ± 0.013dB 0.802 ± 0.002bA 0.458 ± 0.020cA 0.153 ± 0.027dB
ζ-potential (mV) -32.0±0.351dA -24.7±0.100cA -23.1 ± 0.802bA -25.1 ± 0.458cA -22.4 ± 0.152bA -20.9 ± 0.850aA

GA D (nm) 3778±691.0aA 1785±345.2cA 2559 ± 356.1bA 1507 ± 385.3cA 791.9 ± 8.409dA 467.2 ± 41.18dA
PdI 0.206±0.129bB 0.41±0.214abA 0.875 ± 0.217aA 0.847 ± 0.265aA 0.418 ± 0.344abA 0.833 ± 0.290aA
ζ-potential (mV) -45.3±2.639eAB -42.4±2.511dB -40.1 ± 1.739bcB -40.7 ± 0.473bC -37.8 ± 0.265bC -32.5 ± 1.212aC
SC, sodium caseinate; WPI, whey protein isolate; MS, modified starch; GA, gum arabic
D (nm), accumulate mean diameter of the nanoemulsion particles
Polydispersity index
Means with different superscripts within the same row are significantly different (p<0.05) by Duncan’s multiple range test.
Means with different superscripts within the same column are significantly different (p<0.05) by Duncan’s multiple range test.