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Table 1 Analyses of degradation percentages and degradation rate coefficients for the HIDPPDNE-entrapped ICG and free ICG

From: Synthesis, characterization, and biological verification of anti-HER2 indocyanine green–doxorubicin-loaded polyethyleneimine-coated perfluorocarbon double nanoemulsions for targeted photochemotherapy of breast cancer cells

Group

% ICG degradation

k d (h−1)

HIDPPDNE-entrapped ICG

 4 °C in the dark

21.05%a

0.0049a

 37 °C in the dark

39.84%a

0.0113a

Freely dissolved ICG in PBS

 4 °C in the dark

44.21%

0.0121

 37 °C in the dark

81.63%

0.0353

  1. a P < 0.05 as compared to the group with freely dissolved ICG under the same heating treatment