COMMON ABBREVATIONS

[siRNA]

i.v. Intravenous
HPLC High performance liquid chromatography
Mw Molecular weight
PBS Phosphate buffered saline
PC Phosphatidyl choline
PCS Photon correlation spectroscopy
P.I. Polydispersity index
RES Reticulo endothelial system
RP-HPLC Reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography
SD Standard deviation
SUV Small unilamellar vesicle
t ½ Half- life
v/v Volume ratio
CH Cholesterol
EE Encapsulation efficiency
LUV Large unilamellar vesicle
MLV multilamellar vesicle
m/m Mass ratio