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Table 1 Physical properties of SiO2, DODAB BF dispersion, BSA, 18 kDa-hsp leprae and their mixtures in 1 mM NaCl (pH 6.3) or in 5 mM TrisHCl (pH 7.4)

From: Silica-based cationic bilayers as immunoadjuvants

Dispersion

SiO2

(mg/ml)

DODAB

(mM)

Protein

(mg/ml)

Mean Diameter

(nm)

Zeta Potencial

(mV)

Polydispersity

(Index)

SiO2(i)

0.1

-

-

328 ± 7

-40 ± 2

0.240 ± 0.01

DODAB(i)

-

1.0

-

67 ± 1

41 ± 3

0.120 ± 0.04

BSA(i)

-

-

0.5

25 ± 4

-28 ± 1

0.450 ± 0.09

DODAB/BSA(i)

-

0.1

0.500

72 ± 1

3 ± 1

0.245 ± 0.01

SiO2/DODAB(i)

0.1

0.05

-

304 ± 2

32 ± 1

0.260 ± 0.02

SiO2/DODAB/BSA(i)

0.1

0.05

0.025

324 ± 8

24 ± 1

0.301 ± 0.01

SiO2(ii)

0.1

-

-

294 ± 2

-47 ± 2

0.180 ± 0.02

DODAB(ii)

-

1.0

1.0

74 ± 1

33 ± 5

0.270 ± 0.04

BSA(ii)

-

-

0.5

24 ± 1

-58 ± 18

0.397 ± 0.01

SiO2/DODAB(ii)

0.1

0.05

-

373 ± 7

33 ± 2

0.260 ± 0.02

SiO2/DODAB/BSA(ii)

0.1

0.05

0.025

851 ± 36

-1.3 ± 4

0.396 ± 0.03

18 kDa-hsp M. leprae(i)

-

-

0.5

732 ± 188

-29 ± 2

0.35 ± 0.05

DODAB/18 kDa-hsp(i)

-

0.1

0.05

208 ± 8

39 ± 5

0.315 ± 0.01

18 kDa-hsp M. leprae(ii)

-

-

0.05

360 ± 16

-43 ± 18

0.180 ± 0.09

SiO2/DODAB/18 kDa-hsp(ii)

0.1

0.05

0.05

2132 ± 370

-2 ± 2

0.492 ± 0.04

Al(OH3)(i)

-

-

-

458 ± 3

28 ± 3

0.191 ± 0.04

Al(OH3)(ii)

-

-

-

702 ± 17

14 ± 2

0.317 ± 0.01

Al(OH3)/18 kDa-hsp(i),(iii)

-

-

0.05

4888 ± 665

-

0.272 ± 0.07

Al(OH3)/18 kDa-hsp(ii),(iii)

-

-

0.05

10607 ± 2998

-

0.480 ± 0.03

  1. (i) 1 mM NaCl (pH 6.3). (ii) 5 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.4). (iii) Al(OH3) at 0.1 mg/ml.